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The target audience for our project is families living in Leuven, Belgium, with children up to 13 years old who experience long-term vulnerability across multiple life domains simultaneously (e.g., severe housing problems, low employment rates, large families, etc.) and voluntarily opt for integrated, long-term support. In some families, there is a need for network building (in the case of families with limited access to an informal network). In other families, there is a need for coordination among network partners (families where various partners work alongside each other), giving an explicit mandate to the family coach – a kind of case manager to facilitate that coordination. A specific subgroup that we want to pay additional attention to is newcomer families. These families are often extra vulnerable due to language barriers, socio-economic situations (including income and housing), and limited social networks.