Session overview and run of show
Prepare for the workshop, follow the 75-minute sequence, and continue through the one-move pathway.
Explore the Conference HubResources and evidence
A public model needs a public learning posture.
MATCH draws on evidence and practice while respecting the difference between a promising design, an implementation hypothesis, and a verified local result.
Executive material
Start with the concise public overview.
This print-friendly guide introduces the Navigation Gap, the MATCH response, place-based development status, intended measurement domains, and a clear invitation to collaborate.
Public claim standard
Design is not evidence. A proposal is not an agreement. A projected benefit is not a verified result. This site names the distinction on purpose.
Together for Families 2026 collectionConference Hub Workbook • PDF Toolkit • ZIP Session deck • release pending
Carry the conference learning into the work.
A focused set of session materials for reflection, Design Lab facilitation, and responsible follow-through. Request only the resources that fit your next step.
Conference Design Lab Workbook
Seven pages for the Robinson family, Fragmentation Map, reflection, infrastructure design, and One Move.
Request the workbookDesign Lab Quickstart Toolkit
Approved methodology, orientation, and selected participant workbooks for deeper learning.
Request the toolkitConference session deck
The 25-slide session deck is undergoing final placeholder and accessibility review before public release.
Read the deck statusThe MATCH model
Five disciplines connect evidence to everyday practice.
Research helps communities understand the conditions for coordinated, family-centered work. MATCH turns that learning into an operating discipline: Map, Align, Technology, Coach, and Harvest.
Human-centered by design
Map and Align make the person, family, community assets, shared destination, and accountable handoffs visible before services prescribe a solution.
Evidence-led by discipline
Technology and Coach strengthen coordination without replacing relationships. Harvest measures movement, learns from implementation, and protects the promise to scale only what evidence can support.
- Map: See the full context before prescribing action.
- Align: Organize people, resources, and accountability around one journey.
- Technology: Make coordination and learning stronger while protecting human connection.
- Coach: Activate the trusted people who turn plans into movement.
- Harvest: Improve and scale only what evidence can support.
Research sources
Four anchors for the public narrative
- Coordinated Services for Families, ACF Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
ACF’s study of coordinated service approaches highlights the importance of communication, partnership coordination, data capacity, and compliant blended or braided funding.
- What Is Family-Centered Practice?, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
Family-centered practice centers engagement, family goals, capacity, decision-making, cultural responsiveness, and a continuum of support.
- Trauma-Informed Care, SAMHSA
Trauma-informed practice recognizes trauma, responds through policy and practice, and seeks to resist retraumatization. It informs MATCH’s standards for voice, choice, safety, and facilitation.
- H.R. 7432, Fostering the Future Act, Congress.gov
As of this public MVP, the bill has passed the House and been referred to the Senate Finance Committee. It is not enacted law or guaranteed funding authority.
Learning agenda
What MATCH intends to prove, improve, and publish responsibly.
Family experience
Whether people experience a clearer path, real choice, respectful engagement, and fewer burdensome restarts.
Implementation fidelity
Whether shared practice, warm handoffs, role boundaries, feedback loops, and governance function as designed.
Outcome movement
Whether intended stability and mobility domains change over time, with appropriate comparison and interpretation.
Partner accountability
Whether ownership is clear, recovery loops work, and families see progress instead of a sequence of referrals.
Public value
Whether careful SROI learning can describe value without overstating future cost avoidance or converting people into savings estimates.
Replication conditions
What staffing, capacity, partnership, governance, resource, and data conditions a county needs to adapt the model responsibly.
Next resources
Build the library as the work earns it.
For the next 30 days
Public Design Lab methodology, executive briefs, approved learning notes, core role descriptions, and accessible conference materials.
After implementation approval
County hub resources, governance documents, approved partner directories, curriculum details, public evaluation definitions, and verified learning updates.