Community collaboration for stronger families with Upstream
Community-driven prevention and intervention strategies designed to strengthen children and families.
Prevention & intervention strategies to support children, families
Upstream is a framework that leverages court resources, judicial leadership, and a host of system partnerships to enhance collaboration through local and state coordination, community mapping, and action planning. Focused on child welfare and juvenile justice systems, this approach involves a 1.5 day mapping event that results in action plans.
Upstream was exactly the right intervention we needed to move us to the next level of best practice services for our kids and families. The cross-systems data shared, time spent, collaboration and teaming primed us for strength-based solution-focused action planning. I highly recommend this inter-professional collaborative exercise for any and all counties and jurisdictions wanting to provide services that matter and make a real and lasting difference to their communities.
Jennifer Napp Evans
Children and Youth Administrator, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Making the case for change
Ensuring safe and healthy families and communities is everyone's responsibility. Court professionals, community partners, and community members must work together.
Charting a path forward
Upstream is a judicially-led, community-based approach to identify resources, services, and supports and opportunities to strengthen communities.
Mapping
Documenting resources, services, and supports available in communities and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Comprehensive landscape
Developing a comprehensive landscape of how children and families enter and move through the child welfare system and courts.
Opportunities for diversion
Identifying opportunities to provide support and services to families before and after court involvement.
Action planning
Creating a strategic plan informed by the community map.
Courts & communities moving Upstream
Learn how courts are adopting our community-based approach for improved outcomes for children and families.
Our experts
Introduce Upstream to your community
Join the growing number of communities that are using our community-based approach to strengthen children and families for better tomorrows.