Is your organization or team ready to engage families? Survey

Take our readiness quiz to find out how ready your organization or team is to engage youth and families in your work. Based on your answers to the 24 items in this readiness quiz, you will learn whether your team is at one of the following four levels of readiness: Baseline, Questioning, Interested, or Invested.

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* 1. What type or organization or team are you assessing?

Family-led organization

Health care

Public health

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Payer or insurer

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Our organization or team currently engages families or has a plan to engage families.

Yes

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* 3. Our team members have at least a minimal understanding of the processes behind family engagement.

Yes

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* 4. Families have shown interest in participating in initiatives and have support from our organization or team to engage.

Yes

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* 5. We have a staff member or champion assigned to support family leaders.

Yes

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* 6. Our organization has assessed the barriers to engaging families.

Yes

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* 7. Our organization has developed a plan to overcome the barriers to family engagement.

Yes

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* 8. Our organization or team recruits families to improve our policies or initiatives.

Yes

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* 9. Our organization or team has a budget to compensate families.

Yes

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* 10. Our organization or team has a budget for champions or mentors.

Yes

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* 11. Our organization or team wants to recruit and work with families.

Yes

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* 12. Our organization or team has a clear understanding of the value of families’ perspectives.

Yes

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* 13. Families are included at early stages of our projects and initiatives and help to plan them.

Yes

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* 14. Families provide feedback about programs and initiatives that our staff and leadership develop.

Yes

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* 15. Our organization or team partners with other organizations to recruit families that represent the communities they serve.

Yes

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* 16. Family engagement is promoted across our organization.

Yes

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* 17. Our organization or team has one family leader we call upon consistently to participate in improvement efforts.

Yes

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* 18. Our organization or team has multiple family leaders.

Yes

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* 19. Our organization or team collaborates with other organizations or teams to improve family engagement.

Yes

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* 20. Engaging family leaders is part of our organization’s mission and values.

Yes

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* 21. Our organization or team has representation from, and relationships with, community-based organizations.

Yes

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* 22. Our organization or team has policies that sustain family engagement, including fair compensation and consistent staff support for families.

Yes

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* 23. Family leaders have decision-making power to improve programs, policies, and services throughout our organization.

Yes

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* 24. Our organization or team reports outcomes to the families who participate in our initiatives.

Yes

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* 25. Our organization or team shares plans and strategies to improve family engagement with our community and the families we work with.

Yes

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* 26. Please provide your contact information if you are interested in receiving technical assistance or training about family engagement for your organization or team.