Family Strengthening Programs
Family Strengthening programs help families thrive by building on their strengths and enhancing their resilience. Services are family-centered and based on parent input. All the programs help you access the resources your family wants and offer the opportunity to connect with other parents in your community. The programs include:
Family Resource Centers (FRCs) and Family Opportunity Centers (FOCs)
Family Resource Centers (FRCs) and Family Opportunity Centers (FOCs) offer services families want such as drop-in play groups, parenting workshops support groups, and family events. They are in spaces easily accessible to families.
- Buffalo City School District (Erie)
- Camden Central School District (Oneida)
- Children's Home of Poughkeepsie (Dutchess)
- Haverstraw Stony Point School District (Rockland)
- Hillside Children's Center (Onondaga, Monroe)
- Mechanicville Area Community Services Center, Inc. (Saratoga)
- North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, Inc. (Jefferson, St. Lawrence)
- Pro Action of Steuben/Yates (Yates)
- Schenectady School District (Schenectady)
- Watervliet City School District (Albany)
- EAC, Inc.
Home Visiting Programs
Home Visiting Programs come to your home at a time convenient to you. They provide information on child development and positive parenting to help your family thrive.
Parenting Education Programs
Parenting Education Programs are shorter programs that provide information on positive parenting, child development, and managing children’s behavior problems.
- Children's Aid Society (New York and Bronx)
- Forestdale, Inc. (Queens)
- Unity House (Rensselaer County)
Other Family Strengthening Programs and Resources - Not Funded by OCFS Bureau of Family Strengthening and Community Support
- Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country (Clinton, Franklin, Essex)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Tioga (Tioga)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins (Tompkins)
- Delaware Opportunities, Inc. (Delaware)
- EPIC - Every Person Influences Children (Cattaraugus, Niagara)
- Family Opportunity Center | WAIT House (Warren, Washington)
- Family Ties of Westchester, Inc. (Westchester)
- Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network NY (Broome)
- NIA Community Services Network, Inc. (Brooklyn)
- Niagara Falls CSD (Niagara)
- Rising Ground, Inc. (Bronx)
- Rockland BOCES (Rockland)
- Nassau BOCES (Nassau)
- Rochester Society for the Protection and Care of Children (Monroe)
- Sunset Park Health Council (Brooklyn)
- Westchester Jewish Community Services (Westchester)
- Albany Community Action Partnership (Albany)
- Child and Family Resources, Inc. (Yates)
- Child Development Council of Central New York, Inc. (Cortland, Tompkins)
- Family and Children's Association (Nassau)
- The Family Center (Brooklyn)
- Family Help Center (Erie)
- Harlem Dowling-Westside Center for Children and Family Services (New York)
- Jewish Family Services of Western New York (Erie)
- The Salvation Army (Onondaga)