Research Summary: Family-Serving Organizations doing Systems and Policy Change Work

Family-serving organizations–or FSOs–have a unique role to play in ensuring policies reflect families’ lived realities. This is because of their direct service role in communities, their connections with families, and their involvement in policy and systems change work. FSOs have the potential to influence policy and decision-making in a way that better meets the needs of families and engages and centers them in systems and policy change. This executive summary shares key findings and new directions for research to help strengthen the role of FSOs in the systems and policy change ecosystem.