National Council On Family Relations

FAMILY RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND EDUCATION.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 2023:NCFR HELD A HYBRID CONFERENCE IN 2023. OVER 1100 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FOUR-DAY NCFR ANNUALCONFERENCE. THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED TWO PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND TAKING YOUR FAMILY SCIENCE RESEARCH PUBLIC: MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP. NCFR HOSTED 25 WEBINARS IN 2023 FOR MEMBERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. NCFR CONTINUES TO MAKE AVAILABLE ALL PAST WEBINAR RECORDINGS FOR THIS PURPOSE AS WELL. 2023 MARKED THE THIRD NCFR VIRTUAL FLE SUMMIT. THIS ONE-DAY EVENT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS. 173 FAMILY LIFE EDUCATORS ATTENDED THE ONE-DAY VIRTUAL EVENT. NCFR CREATED A NEW POLICY ADVOCACY TOOLKIT EDUCATING MEMBERS ON HOW TO DISSEMINATE RESEARCH TO POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC. NCFR ALSO PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES EACH OF ITS NCFR REPORT MEMBER MAGAZINE AND CFLE NETWORK NEWSLETTER, WHICH CONTAIN EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES FOR MEMBERS AND CFLES PERTAINING TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL INTEREST AREAS.NCFR'S WEEKLY EMAIL NEWSLETTER ALSO PROVIDES ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FAMILY FIELD. IN 2023, AN AVERAGE OF 1454 PEOPLE HELD THE CERTIFIED FAMILY LIFE EDUCATOR (CFLE) CREDENTIAL AND 125 NCFR CFLE-APPROVED PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. SIX NEW ACADEMIC FAMILY SCIENCE PROGRAMS RECEIVED FIRST-TIME APPROVAL FOR INCLUDING COURSEWORK THAT MEETS CFLE STANDARDS. EIGHTEEN PROGRAMS RENEWED THEIR CFLE-APPROVED PROGRAM STATUS. IN 2023, 10 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED THE FIRST-TIME CFLE APPLICANT SCHOLARSHIP, AND 2 INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARDED THE CFLE ANNUAL FEE SCHOLARSHIP.IN 2023, THE NCFR DARLING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDING $5,000 EVERY OTHER YEAR TO 1 AWARDEE WAS ROLLED OUT AND ANNOUNCED AT THE 2023 NCFR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. CAROL DARLING GENEROUSLY ESTABLISHED THE NCFR DARLING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE GRANT TO SUPPORT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS, AND PROGRAMS THAT OFTEN LACK FUNDING TO CONDUCT RESEARCH NEEDED TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN THEIR PROJECTS AND SERVICES.THE 2023 HONORS PROGRAM RECOGNIZED 39 GRADUATING STUDENTS IN THE FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER GRADUATION TERMS. 24 VOLUNTEER MEMBER REVIEWERS MADE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE.THE 2023 CV AND RESUME REVIEW PROGRAM REVIEWED 56 NCFR MEMBER'S RESUMES AND CVS WITH THE SUPPORT OF 9 VOLUNTEER MEMBER REVIEWERS.THE 2023 MENTORING ACADEMY CREATED 11 MENTOR AND MENTEE PAIRINGS FOR A 2 YEARLONG PARTNERSHIP STARTING AT THE 2023 NCFR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO AND COMPLETION AT THE 2024 NCFR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BELLEVUE. TEN 2022 MENTOR AND MENTEE PAIRINGS COMPLETED THEIR 2 YEARLONG PARTNERSHIPS AT THE 2023 NCFR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO.THE NCFR JOB CENTER FEATURED 120 POSTED JOBS IN 2023.

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN 2023:NCFR CREATED AND PUBLISHED TWO POLICY BRIEFS IN 2023 TITLED IMPROVING THE STATE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY: A TOOL TO REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN FAMILIES AND TACKLING HOUSING CONCERNS AT THE STATE-LEVEL: LESSONS FROM FAMILY IMPACT SEMINARS. THE BRIEFS WERE DISSEMINATED TO STATE POLICYMAKERS AND NCFR MEMBERS WHO ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. THE NCFR WEBSITE PROVIDES CURATED RESOURCES TO DISSEMINATE NCFR'S POLICY-RELATED ACTIVITIES (SEE WWW.NCFR.ORG/POLICY), AND A DESCRIPTION OF NCFR'S POLICY-RELATED ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND POLICY BRIEFS WERE IN PRODUCTION AT THE END OF 2022. NCFR PUBLISHED FIVE ISSUES OF ITS FLAGSHIP SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY, IN 2023, AS WELL AS FIVE ISSUES OF ITS JOURNAL FAMILY RELATIONS: INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF APPLIED FAMILY SCIENCE AND FOUR ISSUES OF ITS JOURNAL OF FAMILY THEORY & REVIEW. THESE ISSUES WERE PROVIDED TO 2,559 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN 2023. IN 2023, ARTICLES WERE DOWNLOADED FOR ALL OF WILEY'S CONTENT 887 MILLION TIMES, IN MORE THAN 246 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. NCFR ONLY ARTICLES REACHED 7,271 INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH AROUND 2.5 MILLION VIEWS ACROSS OUR THREE JOURNALS. NCFR CREATED TWO RESOURCE COLLECTIONS IN 2023 THAT WERE SHARED WITH INTERNAL AUDIENCES. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE CONTINUOUSLY ADDED TO PREVIOUS RESOURCE COLLECTIONS. RESOURCE COLLECTIONS ARE A METHOD TO DISSEMINATE RESEARCH SUCH AS NCFR JOURNAL ARTICLES, WEBINARS, CONFERENCE RECORDINGS, ARTICLES FROM NCFR REPORT AND CFLE NETWORK, AND OCCASIONALLY OUTSIDERESOURCES. NCFR OFFERED THEORY THURSDAY FOR A THIRD YEAR. MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONALDISCUSSIONS RELATED TO ADVANCING FAMILY THEORY. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POPULAR AMONG OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THEORETICAL ADVANCEMENTS WITH ATTENDEE REGISTRATION AROUND 50 PER DISCUSSION AND AS HIGH AS 90 REGISTRANTS. NCFR OFFERED TEACHING TUESDAYS FOR A SECOND YEAR. TEACHING TUESDAYS ARE AN INTERACTIVE EVENT FOR NCFR MEMBERS TO LEARN AND DISCUSS ACADEMIC PEDAGOGY. FOUR TEACHING TUESDAYS WERE HELD DURING 2023. EVENTS WERE TITLED: ENHANCING LEARNING WITH CHATGPT, CREATING HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, CREATING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS, AND TEACHING FLE METHODOLOGY. THESE EVENTS ARE WELL ATTENDED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 30 PARTICIPANTS PER EVENT. NCFR ALSO PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES EACH OF ITS NCFR REPORT MEMBER MAGAZINE AND CFLE NETWORK NEWSLETTER, WHICH CONTAIN EDUCATIONAL ARTICLESWITH RESOURCESFOR MEMBERS AND CFLES PERTAINING TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL INTEREST AREAS. NCFR'S WEEKLY EMAIL NEWSLETTER ALSO PROVIDES ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUTEDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FAMILY FIELD.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES IN 2023:NCFR OFFERED THE STUDENT ACCESS GRANT FOR A FOURTH YEAR WHICH SUPPORTED REGISTRATION FEES, ONE YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP, AND A $500 STIPEND TO TRAVEL AND ATTEND THE 2023 NCFR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THE GRANT WAS GIVEN TO 10 STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED RACIAL OR ETHNIC POPULATIONS ENSURING ACCESS AND INCLUSION TO THE NCFR MEMBERSHIP AND CONFERENCE. NCFR FUNDRAISED $7,497 WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERSHIP TO FUND AND SUPPORT THE 2023 STUDENT ACCESS GRANT.FOR THE FOURTH YEAR, NCFR AND DAVID H. OLSON, PH.D. PROUDLY SPONSORED THE ANNUAL $10,000 NCFR OLSON GRANT: BRIDGING RESEARCH, THEORY, AND PRACTICE. DAVID OLSON GENEROUSLY ESTABLISHED THE GRANT TO ENABLE PROJECTS THAT BRIDGE RESEARCH, THEORY, AND PRACTICE IN FAMILY SCIENCE.