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 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.
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.
Includes Hope Mills Lake, 6 baseball fields, 2 tennis courts, 1 basketball court, playground, 0.6 mile walking/bike path, picnic shelters and the community center.
Provides services for youth and families who have, or are likely to, come into contact with the legal system in a multi-agency collaborative manner at a single location.Best suited for: at-risk children, early offending and/or misdemeanor offenders, diversions from Juvenile Court, and those youth under supervision contracts at the Intake phase of court involvement. Also provides parent education &training classes, Youth Enrichment Seminars, and summer youth workshops.
Each summer the ASYMCA sponsors the &Kids Olympics. This program teaches children and parents the importance of sportsmanship, health, and fitness. Every child receives a participation medal and a T-shirt, along with other medals they may win in each of the 10 events. Each event is divided into the following age categories: 5-6 year- olds, 7-8 year-olds, 9-10 year-olds, and 11-12 year-olds. Boys and girls compete separately.
Provides a variety of outdoor opportunities, including lighted tennis and volleyball courts, picnic pavilions, sports/multipurpose fields, walking trails, a historic interpretive areas, and children's playgrounds. The picnic pavilions may be reserved in advance. The park operates year round.
Provides quality music & instruction in a Christian setting. Offers private and group instruction music instruction for a wide variety of age from infants to mature adults. Kindermusik classes for birth-5years. Clogging and Christian hip-hop classes for ages 3-adults.
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.
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.
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.
Address
351 Wagoner Drive, Suite 200 Fayetteville, NC 28303
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.
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.
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