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 early intervention supports & services for infant and toddler children with special developmental needs and their families. Provides service coordination and treatment planning which may include physical, occupational, speech and language or developmental therapy as needed. Anyone may refer a child as long as the parents are notified.
Color Me Healthy is an educational program designed for children ages 4 and 5 years old to teach them the importance of exercise and eating healthy. Local training is available for child care providers. Teaching materials are provided once the training is complete which teaches creative and effective ways to use the program in their facility.
Provides services to the deaf and hard of hearing, by providing interpreter assessment and training, outreach and educational services in the community, advocacy services, information and referral services, and communication support services. There are seven regional resource centers throughout the state.
A program for pregnant women and moms that are in crisis. The program is for expecting mothers/fathers and any parents or grandparents with children up to 3 yrs. with special requirements. Parents can earn baby clothes, diapers, cribs, car seats, and many other necessities by learning. The program pairs a mother or a father with a counselor who meets with them for 8 weeks. Every lesson earns Mommy Dollars. This money can be spent in the Mommy Store.
Meals on Wheels for adults 60 and over. Minor home repair, in home-aid, telephone reassurance program, Senior companion program and Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) which helps to better understand medicare.
Provides various clinics including a Child Health Clinic for ages infant to 18 years old; Adult Health Clinic; WIC; Women's Preventive Health; Family Planning; Maternity Clinic; Dental Clinic. WIC and Immunizations have extended hours until 7pm on Tuesday. Care Coordination for Children is a voluntary program available to all children of Cumberland County, from birth to 5 years with special health care, developmental and social needs. Pregnancy Care Management is a voluntary program for high risk pregnant women in Cumberland County. Services provided at no cost to the participants.
We believe the most effective means is to partner with families and the neighborhoods where they live to provide early help to vulnerable families. The help we want to provide is individualized, cost effective and outcome driven. The outcome will be families who are safe, have their basic needs net and increase/maintain health.
