Family for Every Child
The Family for Every Child Alliance (Family) is a global network of 51 local organizations from 40 countries that work collectively to enable children to grow up in permanent, safe and caring families. In 2019, as preparation for Family’s strategic planning process, Network Impact conducted an assessment of the Family network. An important finding of the assessment was that, as the Alliance explored and tested strategies over time, opportunities for impact became clearer and member needs changed. Network Impact’s reporting informed Alliance decisions to focus more deliberately on four key pathways to impact:
Peer learning and knowledge sharing to advance member capacity
Evidenced-based research to test innovative solutions and models
Regional advocacy that leverages members shared context and geography
International advocacy that lifts up the perspectives of those closest to the work
Network Impact then facilitated a process to generate a revised network Theory of Change. Thirty Alliance members participated in small-group sessions co-led by board members from the Steering Group tasked with guiding the network’s strategic planning process. The revised network Theory of Change was used to inform Family’s 2021-2025 Strategy: Harnessing Wisdom to Transform Children’s Lives.
From 2023-2025 Network Impact supported a review of Family’s evaluation framework and supported the development of a dashboard to help key internal audiences — Board members, Leadership Team members, and Alliance network members — look at key indicators across the organization that inform planning, resource allocation, strategy and development.
Project engagement: 2019-present