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 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)
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.
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.
Offers child care assistance to current curriculum students enrolled at Fayetteville Technical Community College. Single parents, displaced homemakers or students who would not be able to continue their education without the availability of child care scholarships are eligible.
Financial assistance to families who qualify.
Fri 8:00am - Noon
After-hours appointments available
Plans, adminsters, and advocates services for young children and their families. Provides funding for programs and services for young children under six years of age and their families, and access to high-quality and affordable childcare, health care, and other critical family services.
Friday 8-12 Noon
Provides specialized pediatric emergency services.
Pediatric Outpatient Services serves children from birth to age 21. Offers screening, evaluation, and therapy to include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and audiology services.Provides treatment for dysfunction and disability. Provides screening and evaluation.
Provides adjustment services for children in foster care placement and their parents through individual & family counseling. Clients can be referred to the program by any social worker at the Department of Social Services.
PFC Family Resource Center creates a collaborative relationship maximizing community resources that meet the needs of children and families which include better access to services, information, resources, and needs identified in studies conducted by the Partnership for Children (PFC) and other community efforts. Our Information Referral Assistant (IRA) is available to answer telephone calls for each agency and provides information related to those agencies as a point of contact; whenever possible, greets and assists visitors. Office equipment is available to our partners & non-profit agencies at a competitive price.
Provides affordable leisure activities for youth, adults and seniors.
We are a community of over 200 full time associates. Our services are provided by licensed professionals all of whom have a Master’s Degree level education. Treatment team’s help families map a positive path for their lives and develop nurturing relationships at home and in the community that can support them in life. The team supports the family by: reducing behavioral symptoms, helping to identify and set positive goals, strenghtening parenting skills, teaching communication skills, anger management skills and providing 24/7/365 crisis support.
An annual contest done in conjunction with Military Family Week. Open to family members (kindergarten through sixth grade) of active duty, Reserves, National Guard, DoD civilian employees, and Retirees.
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC) is the only statewide organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Through investment in innovative programs proven to prevent child maltreatment before it occurs, PCANC helps North Carolina's communities decrease factors that put children at risk for abuse and increase factors that encourage children to thrive. Through our offices in Raleigh, we serve every community in North Carolina.
Reach Out and Read works through medical provider offices to promote early literacy and school readiness with the distribution of new books to children starting at the six-month checkup, and by talking with parents about the importance of reading aloud to their children. Reach Out and Read utilizes the relationship between parents and medical providers to encourage the development of critical early reading skills in young children.
Provides assistance to eligible applicants whose residence was damaged during Hurricane Matthew. Services include grants to repair or rebuild houses and mobile homes, grants to completely replace mobile homes, reimbursement for money previously spent on repairs, homeowner buyout for unsalvageable homes, relocation assistance, and assistance for landlords with damaged rental properties.
