The Family Focus Guide helps families and individuals in and around the Fayetteville area find resources in our community.
If you have a service-focused organization that serves families in the Fayetteville, Cumberland County area and would like to be listed, please email us at [email protected].
The Child Advocacy Center provides up to date Child Abuse Training.
Training for professionals and organizations on how to recognize the signs of child abuse and how to report suspicions of child abuse.
Training to educate parents, grandparents and everyone who works with children on how to recognize, prevent and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
This training is to help prevent, know the signs of, and when to report child abuse.
Assists families in finding, deciding on, and using quality child care.
Friday 8-12 Noon
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Offers services for youth by establishing and maintaining a seamless comprehensive juvenile justice system for court-involved youth that promotes juvenile delinquency prevention, intervention, and treatment.
Established in 1964, the Action Pathways, formerlly Cumberland Community Action Program, Inc. (CCAP), strives to develop and operate projects that promote the economic and social well-being of individuals, children, families, and communities. CCAP has a long history of providing sustainable programs to the surrounding community with a visible impact throughout southeastern North Carolina, providing life-changing assistance to hundreds of thousands of individuals and families on an annual basis. CCAP is the parent organization for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina (SHFB SE NC); the Consumer Credit Counseling Services (CCCS); the Comprehensive Housing and Weatherization Programs; Self-Sufficiency Programs (ASPIRE); and Head Start. CCAP is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. For more information CCAP programs and services, visit www.ccap-inc.org or call (910) 485-6131.
Our goal is to improve the quality of every life we touch. To achieve that, our Fayetteville doctors, surgeons and staff are committed to excellence in every aspect of the healthcare process. Our values of patient-centeredness, integrity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and accountability help us create a better experience for every patient, every time.
Provides direct assistance to victims of disasters, fires, and hurricanes. Offers education on personal preparedness and volunteer training in disaster response. Designated mass care agency in local/state/federal disaster response plans.
Local Offices: Times may vary
Answering service: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year for victims of a natural disaster
The Nurturing Parenting Programs are family-based programs that can be offered in a group setting, in a home-visiting setting, or as a combination of both group meetings and home visitation.[1] Components of the program include 1) developing empathy, facilitating parent-child bonding and attachment; 2) teaching parents appropriate expectations of children’s growth, particularly ways to promote children’s feelings of self-worth, trust, and security; 3) employing discipline that promotes the dignity of children and adults; 4) empowering adults and children to nurture themselves, others, and their environment; 5) promoting positive self-worth; and 6) helping all family members develop a meaningful level of selfawareness and acceptance. Parent education programs that are designed to prevent the development of poor parenting behaviors are short-term, approximately five to 18 sessions in length. Parenting intervention programs are designed to “intervene” to prevent escalation in the early stages of maltreatment. These are generally from 12 to 20 sessions. Parenting treatment programs are designed to “treat” abusive and neglectful parent-child or parent-teen dysfunctional interactions. These are generally 15 to 25 sessions.
Offers independent living services for people who are visually impaired to help them achieve the maximum level of self-sufficiency.
Provides teens ages 11-18 who are first-time offenders an alternative sentencing opportunity to repay society for their offenses. Teenagers serve as clerks, bailiffs, and attorneys. Judges and trained attorneys serve as the Teen Court judges. Volunteer positions for Adults and Young Adults.
Womack's mission is to provide the highest quality health care, maximize the medical deployability of the force, ensure the combat readiness of Womack's personnel, and sustain exceptional education and training of U.S. Army Medical Department personnel. In support of the Global War on Terror, Womack has deployed significant numbers of healthcare providers to overseas contingency operations.
Womack serves all branches of the military: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, both Active Duty and Reserve and the National Guard.
Womack provides healthcare to more than 199,000 TRICARE beneficiaries. This includes Active Duty service men and women, their families, retirees and their families.
Womack physicians, military and civilian, use the latest technology to better serve patients. From interventional radiology techniques to laser eye surgery, our physicians keep their fingers on the pulse of modern medicine. All Womack personnel adhere to the national patient safety goals and Womack is accredited by the Joint Commission.
N.C. Pre-K is a state-funded, community-based pre-kindergarten program.Designed to provide 4-year old children, who may not otherwise be served, with a valuable educational experience. This part-day program provides young children with access to a specific curriculum and preschool experience to enhance their school readiness. The N.C. Pre-Kindergarten Program standards are built on the premise that in order to be successful academically in school, children need to be prepared in all five of the major domains of development outlined by the National Education Goals Panel.
4-H offers clubs, special interest programs, summer camps, school enrichment and after-school child care. 4-H’ers gain knowledge, skills and experience that help them become responsible citizens and leaders.
Active Parenting™ 4th Edition, a community-based program, is a revision of the Active Parenting Now program and is designed to develop and strengthen parenting skills and improve parent-child relationships and child functioning.
Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) provides support for parenting teens up to age 17. The program works to help parenting teens remain in school, graduate from high school, and delay a second pregnancy.
Teaches adults basic reading, writing, math, money management, problem solving, and employability readiness skills.
Volunteers work one-on-one teaching reading and writing skills to Cumberland County adults reading below a 6th grade level.
