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 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.
Plans, organizes, and directs structured affordable leisure time activities for children, adults, and seniors.
Provides families a safe, neutral, family-friendly environment to exchange and visit with their children.
The SAFE-LINK Domestic Violence Assistance Program was created as a & location for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking who come to the Cumberland County court system to obtain a civil domestic violence protective/restraining order or a civil no-contact protective order. The program is designed to provide immediate access to our court system to ensure the safety of these victims. In the SAFE-LINK Office, victims have privacy to complete required forms, obtain information about available resources such as community-based programs and shelters, and referrals to immediate services and counselors. Bilingual services are provided and documentation of physical abuse through digital photography is available.
Provides a residential maternity home for unwed mothers (especially teens). Provides educational opportunities to residents, public school attendance (for minors), work study programs, vocational training, tutoring service, parenting, and adoption options.
Offers care for before and after school with options for before school only or after school only. Separate SAS camps are operated during winter and spring breaks for those who normally do not require daily before and after school care. During the summer, SAS operates a full day camp option in ten one-week sessions and eight one-week half day sessions.
School counselors facilitate positive school adjustment and educational success through student focused individual - group and family sessions. Personal - social - educational and career domains are addressed in this program
Public Health School Nurses audit school records for up to date immunization records. Supervise administration of medication by school staff. Provide in school screening for vision and hearing. Provide guidance for overall school health issues and links resources to children and parents.
Provides an opportunity for students to apply to designated schools outside their assigned attendance areas. Governed choice options include a variety of calendar and theme emphasis schools. Calendar options include the traditional school calendar and year-round calendar choices. Provides information regarding which school your child would attend in reference to your residence.
Scream Free® Marriage, a community-based program, is designed to enhance individual's and couples' emotional competency and improve their relationships.
ScreamFree® Parenting, a community-based program, is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to respond rather than react to children's behaviors and, consequently, create peaceful, healthy relationships.
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.
Distributes food to non-profit organizations that deal with the needy, including church pantries, soup kitchens, child-care providers and senior-citizen programs. Accepts donations of food.
The SECOND STEP early learning program is designed specifically for multiple-age early learning classrooms. The program is taught through 28 weekly themes, consisting of short activities to be done throughout the week. The activities build on each other to develop children’s self-regulation skills and social-emotional competence.
Provides 1525 tenant-based Housing Choice Vouchers that are currently under lease in Fayetteville/Cumberland County. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is not currently taking applications. There are more than 700 families on the waiting list. It is not anticipated that applications will be accepted again until after 2011. Public notices will be given when applications will be accepted in the future. Contact the Section 8 Office for more information.
Provides:recreational activities; informational programs/seminars; leisure classes; volunteer opportunities; fitness screenings/classes; adventure programming; intergenerational activities; senior games; monthly club meetings; trips and more for those aged 55 and older.
Offers independent living services for people who are visually impaired to help them achieve the maximum level of self-sufficiency.
Employment Source provides vocational training and employment programs for adults with disabilities. They operate an in-house work facility that employs disabled adults, and also place individuals in meaningful employment with local businesses and government agencies in the community. They provide vocational evaluation, job placement, job seeking skills classes, and counseling. Job training areas are in hand assembly, packaging, groundskeeping, janitorial, clerical, industrial welding, and retailing. Workshop items are for sale at the thrift store. Also accepts donations of used computers. Donating an old monitor costs $10, to offset costs of disposing lead in the monitors.
Offers a support group for parents who have lost babies through miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, genetic abnormality, or newborn death. Sponsors a candlelight memorial service every December 6th at 7:00 pm, at the Angel of Hope statue, in Cross Creek Park, Green Street, Fayetteville. The event is free and families are encouraged to attend to light a candle in memory of their child/children, and lay a flower at the monument.
Smart Start is a comprehensive public-private community-based initiative to help all North Carolina children enter school ready to succeed. Created in 1993, the primary focus of Smart Start is to provide families with access to high-quality childcare. The program is predicated on the notions that (1) the first six years of life are the most critical; (2) better quality childcare programs can increase a child's ability at school entry; and (3) a child's ability at school entry can often predict later academic success. Currently, 81 local partnerships, encompassing all of North Carolina's 100 counties, have begun implementation of Smart Start to assure that children in their communities begin school healthy and ready to succeed.
Smart Start's approach allows communities to make decisions and plans that are specific to the needs of their young children and families. All Smart Start programs are based on three core areas: (1) child care and education; (2) health care and education; and (3) family support and education. The individual services provided by each site under these core areas are tailored to each community depending on its specific needs, goals, and priorities. As such, the full range of services is not likely to be available at all sites.
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