This newsletter issue focuses on the twin themes that, together, represent the ways that programs to strengthen families also contribute to a better society. The newsletter includes the following articles: (1) "Family Center Planning Project: Family Support, Public Policy, and Community Development"; (2) "Pulling It All Together for Families: School-Linked Services under One Roof"; (3) "Creating Family Support Programs: Mobilizing Communities in Tucson"; (4) "On Families, Foster Care, and the Prawning Industry," arguing that child protection decisions should be made by families with assistance rather than intervention from child welfare authorities; (5) "Planting Seeds of Change by Training Frontline Workers: FRC's Experience with the JOBS Program"; (6) "New Mexico's Family Development Program and The Crucial Three Steps to Parent Involvement"; and (7) "Please Be Brilliant! An Alternative Way To View Staff Development and Your Organization." In addition, the newsletter includes an article describing the coordinated efforts of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse, and a guide for family support professionals on the use of current telecommunications technology. (HTH)