Mission Statement
The Family Resiliency Center is dedicated to advancing knowledge and practices that strengthen families' abilities to meet life's challenges and thrive.
The Center accomplishes this through research, outreach and education centered around three themes:
- Positive human development
- Family wellness
- Strengthening family and community connections
Research
Processes of Developmental Change in Youth Development Program
Promoting Adolescent and Young Adult Males’ Involvement in Metro East Communities
Enhancing Autism Services in Champaign-Urbana
Mechanisms of Educational Inequality in the United States
The Geography of Opportunity and the Educational and Occupational Success of Young Adults
The World of Work and Home Environment among Single Mothers of Young Children
Incarceration, Parental Unions, Parenting, and Child Wellbeing
Community-Wide Collaborative Efforts to End Family Violence
Supporting Education and Employment for Older Youth in Care
More Fun with Sisters and Brothers
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research and Practice about Men as Fathers
Projects and Outreach
Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Program
YouthWorks Facilitator Workshop
Intentional Harmony: Managing Work and Life
Illinois Rural Families Program
Partners
Autism Society of Illinois/CU Autism Network
United Way of Champaign County
University of Illinois Extension
Junior League of Champaign-Urbana