OUR MISSION
To empower children facing challenges to grow into healthy, productive adults by providing comprehensive behavioral health services.
Give a Child a Hand Up!
Families Plus, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to enabling children with complex needs to become healthy, educated, and productive young adults. We do this by building a long-term support network in our community for children and their families.
WHO WE SERVE
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Parents and Caregivers
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When parents or caregivers feel supported, they are better able to support their children. Families Plus' mission is to help families in our community feel that support. Families Plus is available for long-term support to children and youth who are growing up in families with challenges that are not likely to go away soon. We welcome all styles of families and lifestyles from intact families, blended families, single parent, and grandparent led families. We focus on families that have high needs children but low resources to ensure the child's needs are met.
Participating parents:
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Children
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Participating children are just as lively and talent-filled as children throughout our community. Their challenging circumstances, however, create a basis for poor adult physical and mental health.
Despite the best efforts of their parents or caregivers, these children, more than others, may have:
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We all need a helping hand from time to time. |
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Right now, children and their families in our community are experiencing many mental health challenges, conflict within their homes, and sometimes even struggling to make ends meet. This is where Families Plus steps in. Our dedicated Behavioral Health Therapists, supportive Parent Partners, and strong community connections have allowed us to offer tailored support and resources to children and families in need.
Every family has strengths that, if nurtured, can help the family make sustainable change, bringing them closer to stability and self-reliance. Our program is designed for parents and caregivers striving to create a safe, structured, and sustainable environment for their children.
could your family benefit from
families plus services?
Listed below are some challenges that are faced by children and families in our community. If any two of these circumstances or challenges are true for your child or your family, you could benefit from being enrolled in the Families Plus program.
- Is your family led by a single parent and do you feel you have little reliable support?
- Are you a grandparent who is the sole caregiver for a grandchild?
- Has your child experienced trauma?
- Does one or more of your children have a behavior problem, a mental health problem, or other challenges that are likely to be long-term?
- Do you have a child with a persistent, complex, and severe form of mental health issue that is more than you can manage alone?
- As a parent or caregiver, do you struggle with challenges of your own, such as a disability, chronic mental illness, chronically poor health, a history of substance abuse, legal problems, or difficulties with other agencies?
- Do you have difficulties paying rent, providing food, or struggling with transportation?
If you said yes to any two of the challenges listed above, you could benefit from Families Plus!
