• Be a national leader in raising families
• Have strong moral fabric and spiritual depth
• Be a place where families can thrive, rich with traditions
and resources for support
• Attract young families
• Support single parent families
• Eliminate suffering from abuse and neglect
• Focus on strengthening internal (family) vs. external
(aesthetics)
• Stress “family”
• Build indoor family activity center
• Offer respite services for caregivers
• Offer help for single parents and grandparents
• Engage more businesses and civic organizations to support
family model
• Increase educational opportunities
for families
• Offer classes for caregivers with simultaneous classes
for parents
• Get more parent involvement in schools
• Shift priorities from prom dresses
• Have more parents teach children values