For youth Emergency Housing Services, please call our 24-hour hotline at 877-833-3689
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Child and Family Charities (CFC) is a local nonprofit organization that provides critical services for children, youth, and families. Since 1911, CFC has been committed to helping vulnerable populations. CFC’s programs and services reach 15,000 children and youth who have experienced abuse and neglect or who are at-risk. CFC provides advocacy, prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services locally and throughout Michigan to children, youth, and families.
General Information
Location: 4287 Five Oaks Drive Lansing, Michigan 48911
Phone: (517) 882-4000
For youth Emergency Housing Services, please call our 24-hour hotline at 877-833-3689
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-7PM
To contact us for more information, to learn how you can volunteer, give a Donation or receive services, please call our main office at (517) 882-4000, or send an email to info@childandfamily.org.
Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic—provides mental health screening, assessment, support, and treatment to children, adolescents, adults, and families. CFC recently added several new therapists in order to meet the community need. Counseling is also provided to students in five local school districts.
If you are interested in scheduling an intake with one of our clinicians, you can email us at bhintake@childandfamily.org or call us at 517-882-4000 x151.
Family Growth and Resource Center— The Family Growth and Resource Center provides families with basic needs items/diapers/wipes/formula/food and gently used clothing, once a month at no cost. We also offer Free Nutrition Workshops, Medicaid Outreach & help with MIBridges.
Located at: 549 E Mt Hope Ave, Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan
For more information please call 517-371-1347 or send an email to frc@childandfamily.org
Resource Center Hours:
Monday / Wednesday / Friday. 8:30am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 12:00pm
Thursday 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Child Welfare—Foster Hope, Foster Love, Foster Change! The Child Welfare service area recruits and trains community members to serve as foster families. The Child Welfare service area creates forever families through adoption, offers post-adoption support programs, and Confidential Intermediary Search Services. Child Welfare also offers Supervised Family Visitation for families who are court-ordered to be supervised during visits with their children as they work towards family reunification.
For information on how to become a foster parent please contact Michelle at 517.882.4000 x148 or michelle@childandfamily.org
For information on Supervised Family Visitation please contact Tonya at tonya@childandfamily.org
For General Information on Child Welfare please contact Chelsea at 517-882-4000 x144 or chelseagordy@childandfamily.org
Angel House—a staff supported Independent Living Plus Program for female youths ages 16-19 who are in foster care. Angel House provides supervision, counseling, and independent living skills coaching for up to 12 months to help youth transition into a community setting. Angel House also welcomes referrals for youth who are pregnant or parenting children of their own.
For more information on Angel House please contact Diane at 517-712-8051 or diane@childandfamily.org
Prevention Services and Teen Accountability Program (TAP)—helps first-time youth offenders heal the harm they have caused through using a restorative justice model. Local high school students learn about the justice system by serving as members of a Peer Jury and as the Court Bailiff. Local judges and attorneys preside over Accountability Hearings. TAP works with the youth and their family to prevent repeat offenses.
For more information on Prevention Services please contact Antonio at 517-402-3332 or antonio@childandfamily.org
Gateway Youth Housing Services—Gateway offers programs to help homeless, at-risk, and runaway youth and young adults through outreach, shelter, residential transitional living, and supportive community housing programs. All of Gateway’s programs provide youth with basic needs, counseling, case management, and support as they develop independent living skills.
For more information on Gateway please contact Caroline at 517-619-2987 or caroline.croom@childandfamily.org.
For youth Emergency Housing Services, please call our 24-hour hotline at 877-833-3689
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