Family & Children’s Center is one of northern Indiana’s major non-profit human services agencies. We serve more than 900 children and families annually throughout St. Joseph County through our early childhood and parent education and support programs.
Family & Children’s Center is dedicated to strengthening the holistic health of young families through Healthy Families, The Brain Train, Community Partners, Tech Crossing, and parenting programs.
Family & Children’s Center is dedicated to strengthening the holistic health of young families through Healthy Families, The Brain Train, Community Partners, Tech Crossing, and parenting programs.
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Valinhos Foundation Awards Landmark Grant to Family & Children’s Center for In-Home Maternal Mental Health
We are thrilled to share that Family & Children’s Center has received a landmark grant award from the Valinhos Foundation! This generous gift will fund a full-time licensed mental health therapist to support families in our Healthy Families, The Brain Train, and Community Partners programs across three years.
This grant is a game-changer for the families we serve! It will help us provide in-home therapy for moms experiencing postpartum depression symptoms. FCC estimates that around 20% of new mothers they support require substantial postnatal mental health support, this is around 5 points more prevalent than the national average. The therapist will serve as an in-house expert on clinical mental health and connect families to long-term supportive services.
Roxanne Ultz, Executive Director of Family & Children’s Center shares: “Our primary goal at FCC is to help each person to be the best parent possible to their new baby. We are dedicated to improving maternal mental health and are overjoyed by the investment Valinhos Foundation made in the futures of the families we serve.”
Family and Children’s Center boasts an incredible impact – 99%+ families they work with remain free from child abuse and neglect. This gift will undoubtedly expand their impact further by improving the speed of mental health support services for postpartum moms.
We are thrilled to share that Family & Children’s Center has received a landmark grant award from the Valinhos Foundation! This generous gift will fund a full-time licensed mental health therapist to support families in our Healthy Families, The Brain Train, and Community Partners programs across three years.
This grant is a game-changer for the families we serve! It will help us provide in-home therapy for moms experiencing postpartum depression symptoms. FCC estimates that around 20% of new mothers they support require substantial postnatal mental health support, this is around 5 points more prevalent than the national average. The therapist will serve as an in-house expert on clinical mental health and connect families to long-term supportive services.
Roxanne Ultz, Executive Director of Family & Children’s Center shares: “Our primary goal at FCC is to help each person to be the best parent possible to their new baby. We are dedicated to improving maternal mental health and are overjoyed by the investment Valinhos Foundation made in the futures of the families we serve.”
Family and Children’s Center boasts an incredible impact – 99%+ families they work with remain free from child abuse and neglect. This gift will undoubtedly expand their impact further by improving the speed of mental health support services for postpartum moms.
Key Programs
Through the Healthy Families program, home visitors bring tools to families to support child growth and healthy families.
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The Brain Train program provides a safe play environment for parents and kids.
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300 S. Saint Louis Blvd. Suite 100 South Bend, Indiana 46617 574-968-9660 [email protected] |
