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].
Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) provides support for parenting teens up to age 17. The program works to help parenting teens remain in school, graduate from high school, and delay a second pregnancy.
Provides an experience for teens that simulates the parenting of an infant using computerized dolls. This innovative pregnancy prevention program is designed to help young people make responsible, informed choices about pregnancy.
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.
Provides care to women who desire assistance in preventing pregnancy, spacing children, or limiting the number of pregnancies. Contraceptive supplies are provided. Pregnancy testing and counselling is available.
Assists pregnant women in getting prenatal care and community resources to meet their needs. Services are free and include prenatal education, blood pressure checks, referrals to services such as housing, WIC, Medicaid, prenatal classes, etc. Women enrolled in the program receive a Postpartum-Newborn Home Visit to ensure that both mom and baby are doing well.
Offers ongoing prenatal care to any woman with a positivie pregnancy test. Care includes services such as nutrition assessments - routine screenings - lab studies - psychosocial assessments - counseling and education. Fees for services are based on family size and income.
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.
Expectant moms will learn about the birthing process, relaxation techniques, coping skills, comfort measures, pain relief options, and postpartum care. Interessted participants are strongly recommended to take the prepared childbirth education class around the 30th week of pregnancy.
Provides assistance with clothes for those community members in need, a voucher is required. Support services and baby supplies are also available for teen mothers.
Provides SIDS prevention education to maternity clients - parents and general population upon request.
