The Parents Driving Change Model
The Parents Driving Change model is a framework for parent leaders to come together to represent an essential voice in the community. Monthly meetings are run by parents and supported by community organizations that serve parents, called the Six Pillars: Business, Faith-Based, Government, Education, Health & Wellness, and Non-Profit.
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Monthly meetings use the community café model and the Strengthening Families Five Protective Factors as the basis for all work. PDCs take the time to find out what each parent is passionate about, equip them valuable tools and supportive education, and help foster community relationships to create change.
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The Founding
The first Parents Driving Change formed in 2011 in Utah after several years of intense planning and coordination. Through this process, we also crafted the PDC model for others to replicate. We started the project not sure of where we were heading, but sure that we would get there. In fact, it wasn’t even called PDC then—it was Aspire, and then it was Parent Advocacy Council! This was truly a grassroots effort.
The first PDC and the first iteration of the PDC model were built on Utah’s work over half a decade to implement the Strengthening Families Framework (SFF). A core element of SFF is strong parental engagement and advocacy, and state and local leaders realized that Utah needed a stronger parent presence in its Strengthening Families work. At the same time, it became clear that there was interest among area parents in building a viable and replicable local parent council to boost engagement and help parents find and raise their voices. Janae Moss and John Hansen, both parents themselves, stepped forward to begin building the first PAC.
A Nationwide Movement
Within a few years, individuals and organizations across the country began asking if they could replicate the PDC model and receive training in how to form their own groups. Janae and longtime collaborator and colleague Barbara Leavitt began developing guidebooks and in-person trainings to support the national interest — and serve the larger goal of empowering, supporting, and connecting all those who want to contribute to the strength of their families and communities. PDC is now a signature offering of the non-profit 360 Humans Driving Change, founded by Janae and Barbara.
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”43px|0px|0px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.92″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.parentadvocacycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/5D4_8479.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ text_font=”Lato||||||||” text_font_size=”16px”]BARBARA LEAVITT, CO-FOUNDER, here pictured on a Humans Driving Change Bus Tour, has been a Parent Leader for the past thirty (plus!) years.Her favorite thing is spending the entire day with her four wonderful daughters. They are the loves of her life and her greatest teachers. She believes that parenting is an amazing journey that has formed the person she is today, and the reason she chooses to support families wherever and whenever she can.
Barbara is the Community Engagement lead for United Way of Utah County, and through this avenue, she has been able to create change that has been recognized both locally, and nationally. Her work in bringing Help Me Grow to Utah and working to meld it with the 211 resource and referral line, has been instrumental in building support for parents. She is a master builder, and continues to motivate and encourage people everywhere to recognize that the parents voice is the most important thing in their child’s life.
Through Barbara’s life example and passion for her work, Janae Moss’ fire for leadership was ignited, and this led her to begin creating Parents Driving Change, alongside many parent leaders, and 360 Humans Driving Change.
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She has six daughters and one son — and a devotion, born of experience, to help all parents get support in every way possible.
This passion led her to become a Parent Champion for Help Me Grow Utah, an information and referral network that provides parents with the knowledge and resources they need to make a difference in their children’s lives.
More recently, Janae founded the PDC and its umbrella organization, 360 Humans Driving Change. She has helped create a unique blend of private and public partners to support this undertaking.
Janae has been blogging for over a decade and enjoys using her expertise in social media as another means of spreading messages of empowerment to parents.
In addition, Janae and her husband, Jon, have built several businesses together over 20-plus years. These days, she supports PR, growth strategy, and marketing for their two companies, RBM Building Services and Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.92″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.parentadvocacycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/corey-best.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.0.92″]JANAE MOSS, is first and foremost, a mother.She has six daughters and one son — and a devotion, born out of experience, to helping all parents get support in every way possible.
This passion led her to become a Parent Champion for Help Me Grow Utah, an information and referral network that provides parents with the knowledge and resources they need to make a difference in their children’s lives.
More recently, Janae founded the Parents Driving Change and its umbrella non-profit, 360 Humans Driving Change. Janae has helped create a unique blend of private and public partners to support these undertakings. Janae has been blogging for over a decade and enjoys using her expertise in social media as another means of spreading messages of empowerment to parents.
In addition, Janae and her husband, Jon, have built several businesses together over 20-plus years. These days, she supports PR, growth strategy, and marketing for their two companies, RBM Building Services and Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists.
[/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ text_font=”Lato||||||||” text_font_size=”16px”]COREY BEST, LEAD TRAINER, is a dedicated father. Originally from Washington, DC, he resides in Florida, where he began his transformation into leadership training, systems building, family engagement, race equity, promoting protective factors, social equality and highlighting “good enough parenting” for those impacted by the child welfare system.
Mr. Best is commonly known as leader and skilled facilitator who offers a combination of lived and professional experience as he organizes for child welfare and human service systems improvements.
In 2016, he received Casey Family Programs Excellence for Children’s Award. Most recently, he has been appointed to a Board position with Alia Innovations and is an integral part of the growth and innovation committee.
Corey is certified in the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Fund’s Bringing the Protective Factors to Life in Your Work; various trauma-informed modalities; and Community Café conversations. He has also served as a Technical Assistance Consultant for Georgetown University’s Adaptive Leadership team. Corey’s mission is to positively impact the lives of children, families, and communities through safe and equitable relationships.
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