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].
If you are a grandparent raising your grandchildren you are not alone. There are approximately 2.5 million grandparents in the US who are solely responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren. In Cumberland County, 3,783 grandparents are raising their grandchildren. Having someone who understands what you are going through can make a world of difference. The Partnership for Children of Cumberland County hosts a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group just for this reason. Our support group meets monthly and provides a way for grandparents to share stories and tips, spend times with others who are in similar situations, and learn about services available in the community.
Plans, organizes, and directs structured and affordable leisure time activities for children, adults, and seniors.
Great Expectations provides a variety of quality behavioral healthcare services throughout the state of North Carolina. They also provide a vast array of services to its consumers, ranging from outpatient services, to providing residential treatment facilities for children, adolescents, and adults.
Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) is an evidence-based and effective gang and violence prevention program built around school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curricula. The Program is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership for children in the years immediately before the prime ages for introduction into gangs and delinquent behavior.
If you've lost a spouse, child, family member or friend, you've probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you've never faced before. Grief Share groups meet weekly to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. Find a group near you by entering your zip code on our webpage.
The Guardian Ad Litem Program are a group of trained community volunteers, that are court-appointed, to represent and promote the best interests of abused and neglected children in the states court system. With the assistance of attorney advocates and staff supervisors, these volunteers work toward a plan to ensure that the children are in a safe, permanent, and loving home, as quickly as possible.
The Habitat for Humanity-Fayetteville Area provides affordable housing for low-income families in Cumberland, Bladen, and Sampson counties. Volunteers provide funds, land, labor, materials, and administrative assistance to build homes that are sold to low-income families through no-interest loans. Selected families participate in the construction. They also accept donations of money, tools, and new building materials.
The facility provides halfway house services to the public. The treatment center provides outpatient and residential short-term treatment care. There are special groups and programs for women and men. Special language services provided include assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish, and foreign languages other than Spanish. Payments via Medicaid, state financed insurance, Medicare, and private insurance are accepted. Payment assistance is offered by way of case by case basis.
55 and Older Community. 1 & 2 bedroom apartments from 602 to up to 811 square feet.
* NOTE: Your actual rent could be lower as it is based on calculations determined by your income and in some instances, deductions. This would be calculated by the apartment site manager after your submission of all required documentation. Features: Ceiling Fans, Central Heat & Air, Community Computer w/Internet, Community Room, Handicapped Accessible Units, Individual Tenant Storage, Insulated Windows & Doors, Interior Apartment Entry, Kitchen w/Range & Refrigerator, Mini Blinds, On-Site Laundry Facility and Well Landscaped.
The City of Fayetteville Community Development Deparmtne operates a network of neighborhood resource centers located throughout the city. The centers are in low to moderate income communites to give citizens convenient access to resource. The primary focus is to provide the adult job seeker with educational tools and special training that will enhance employability.
Head Start is a federal matching grant program that was initiated in the mid-1960s as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty." The mission of the Head Start program is to "promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families" (ACF, 2008). For eligible low-income children, Head Start provides free access to preschools, which are provided primarily in centers and are expected to conform to a specific set of guidelines laid out in the Head Start Program Performance Standards and other regulations (45 CFR 1301-1311, 2006). In addition to early childhood education, Head Start incorporates parental involvement and facilitates access to health care services; most Head Start programs also provide at least one meal to children during the day. The program requirements are flexible to meet the needs of the community, allowing individual programs to determine such program characteristics as the number of hours per day, or months per year, that a participation must attend; curriculum; teacher salary; and mode of delivery (in a home, a school, or a center)
Head Start is a Federally funded child development program that provides free social and educational opportunities for income eligible children from ages 0-5, including children with special needs and pregnant women. The program is designed to prepare eligible children with essential skills needed to enter the public school system.
Offers before/after school care for enrolled children ages 6-weeks to 5-years including those with special needs, whose parent(s) are either working, enrolled in school, or are participating in the Work First Program.
Provides education and training in personal and/or professional emergency response. Offers First Aid/CPR training, babysitters training for ages 11-15, Wilderness 1st Aid, and other classes to meet OSHA requirements.
Provides education and training in personal and/or professional emergency response. Offers First Aid/CPR training, babysitters training for ages 11-15, Wilderness 1st Aid, and other classes to meet OSHA requirements.
Providing nursing services, personal care services, home medical equipment, pharmacy services, respiratory services, and mental health services.
Assists in the prevention of disease and the promotion of healthy living. Plans - organizes and conducts community and school health programs. Counsels clinic patients and provides speakers for any health topic.
Provides a planned, sequential K-12 program that integrates information about specific health topics, capable of enhancing the quality of life, raising the level of health, and favorably influencing the learning process.
Provides contact information about local health agencies, clinics and hospitals. Placement assistance for intermediate or skilled nursing care facilities.
An annual event held in April that celebrates kids' health issues, to include the spirit and minds, as well as the body. These free event features live snakes, the climbing wall, tie-dying, baseball throw, face painting, bubble making, K-9 demonstration, castle bouncer, basketball, and lots of free give-a-ways.
