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Community Change

Bringing People Together to Strengthen Support

We bring people and organizations together to share knowledge, identify gaps, and build relationships.

Partners learn what support others provide and where their work connects. Those relationships help adults know where to turn when a child or family needs help and give organizations a way to address gaps together.

Helping Adults Support Kids

Our education and capacity-building work helps adults understand how addiction can affect kids and families and respond with care.

This work reaches beyond caregivers and service providers. Teachers, coaches, volunteers, faith communities, civic groups, employers, justice system professionals, and law enforcement all have a role.

Topics include recognizing kids’ needs, knowing what to say, responding without judgment, keeping clear boundaries, and helping families find support.

Reducing Stigma

PFO champions respectful language and an accurate understanding of addiction as a brain disease.

We help adults replace words and responses that can lead to shame or silence with ones that build trust, invite questions, and make it easier to ask for help.