The Colorado General Assembly established Family Resource Centers (FRCs) in 1993 to serve as a single point of entry for providing comprehensive, intensive, integrated, and collaborative community-based services for families and individuals in local communities.

The Family Resource Center Association (FRCA) was established as a strategic statewide network for FRC advocacy and funding.

Using a collective impact model, FRCA strengthens and expands Colorado FRCs through program fidelity standards; program quality monitoring; outcome measurement and reporting; state and national level advocacy; resource development; and organizational technical assistance and trainings, including capacity building for all its members.