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].
Provides spiritual guidance for both men and women. Provides food, clothes lending closet, counseling for substance abuse, domestic violence, and services for troubled teens.
Provides home visits, infant care, and parenting classes.
Support group for parents who have babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
North Carolina Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians. We offer services related to youth development, nutrition and food safety, horticulture, livestock, and field crops. We are open M-F from 8-5.
Provides health insurance for children who are not eligible for Medicaid and aren't covered by any other comprehensive health insurance program.
Offers resources for county residents to fill their informational/recreational reading needs; comprehensive collection of books (including foreign language and ESL materials), magazines, audio/video/DVD materials, local newspapers, access to online databa
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.
The WIC program provides nutrition education and supplemental foods, breast feeding promotion/support to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five. Participants must meet residency, income and medical/nutritional risk eligibility requirements.
Off-Site inclusion specialists of United Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina offer consultation services at licensed child care centers and registered family day home in Cumberland County in collaboration with Cumberland County Schools. Designed to support preschoolers with special needs, ages 3-5.
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 resources. The primary focus is to provide the adult job seeker with educational tools and special training that will enhance employability.
Provides hot meals and clothing to the needy and/or hungry.
Operation Blessing is (501c3) non-profit Christian humanitarian organization, that provides short term assistance with food, clothes, limited approved financial assistant and crisis pregnancy support, to those in Cumberland County and surrounding areas.
Friday 9-Noon
Sat & Sun CLOSED
(Closed daily from 12-1 for lunch)
Provides public awareness to educate the public about firearm violence, anti-gang efforts & responsible gun ownership. We work to reduce violent crime in Cumberland County by creating partnerships between law enforcement & the community.
A mentoring program conducted at post-elementary schools that not only improves self-esteem and grades but also allows children to find there are “heroes” inside each of them. The program, which runs for 10 weeks a year, targets children from 6-12 years of age that are experiencing temporary difficulty in school, either socially or academically. Referred by teachers, parents, or school officials, the bi-weekly sessions provide after-school homework assistance and mentoring in a small group.
Provides photo transfer quilts for children 5 years old and younger who have a deployed parent and pillows for children ages 6 to 12.
Provides health education about sickle cell anemia to schools and interested groups. Trained staff provide testing at no charge. Staff also provides counseling, follow up, and referral to other agencies as necessary and case management services.Limited financial assistance is available for medication. Other projects include research and screening. Manages the Cumberland County Minority AIDS Program which provides information and counseling. Call for information.
Oxford House is a concept in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. In its simplest form, and Oxford House describes a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Support groups.
Oxford House is a concept in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. In its simplest form, and Oxford House describes a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Support groups.
This group consists of parents, caregivers and professionals of children and adults with high functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger Syndrome. Meetings held every other month on the 1st Monday from 6:30pm - 8:00pm at the Partnership for Children Resource Center.
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.
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