Family Support Centers/Outreach

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/27/2023 - 9:55pm
Definition
Programs that provide a wide variety of social services that are designed to support the healthy development of families, improve family interaction skills and help fragile families to resolve their problems at a pre-crisis stage before they become unmanageable. Services may be center-based or provided on an outreach basis to families who are initially reluctant to seek support and generally target the specific needs of a particular community. Included may be self-sufficiency programs which help families break the cycle of poverty by addressing the barriers to self-sufficiency; early child development and school success programs; programs which address the needs of teen parents; programs which target parents at risk for becoming abusive; programs for families with children who have special developmental needs and programs that focus on the maternal and child health care needs of first-time, expectant women whose babies are at high risk for low birth weight and infant mortality.
URL Name
PH-2360-2400
Third Level Code
PH-2360
Taxonomy Code
PH-2360.2400
Parent Code
PH-2360
Family Code
P
Second Level Code
PH
Fourth Level Code
PH-2360-2400
Use References
Family Resource Centers, Family Stabilization Centers, Family Success Centers
Publication Status
Online