Child And Family Charities

Family Growth and Resource Center

Strengthening Families

At the Family Growth and Resource Center, we strengthen families by providing parents with the tools and resources they need to raise healthy and happy children. Our funding partners include Children’s Trust Michigan, Ingham County, City of Lansing, Lansing Housing Commission and Michigan Fitness Foundation.

Services

Resource Center provides families with household supplies such as cleaning supplies, hygiene products, diapers and wipes, formula, food, gently used clothing, toilet paper and paper towels. Families can receive supplies once a month at no cost.

Resource Center Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:00; Tuesday 8:30-12:00; Thursday 1:00-4:00 pm

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Community Outreach and Public Awareness provides the general public and specific at-risk populations with child abuse prevention information, strategies, and resources.

Nutrition Education The staff offer nutrition education through evidence-based programs that support the whole family.

Healthy Transitions engages parents of children who are Medicaid eligible or receiving Medicaid assistance. The purpose of the program is to help enroll and familiarize families with Medicaid-funded resources which promote infant, child, and adolescent physical and mental health and wellness.

Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until age five in zip codes 48906, 48910, 48911, 48915, and 48933.

The Family Growth and Resource Center Services Primary Goals Are To:

Strengthen the family
Educate the community
Give parents the tools they need to successfully nurture children.
Prevent the Cycle of Child Abuse

Helpful Resources

Public Awareness

Community Outreach & Public Awareness provides the general public and specific at-risk populations with Family Growth and Resource Center information, strategies, and resources. Our staff is adept at relating this highly charged and sensitive, yet vitally important message to your group, task force, organization, business, or team.

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You can also help in the following ways:

You can make a difference by volunteering just a few hours a week to the Family Growth and Resource Center.
You can provide your assistance by adopting a family at special times of the year or donating toys or games for the holidays—making holiday dreams come true for needy children and their families.
You can choose to help lower our costs by donating much needed basic needs or equipment.
You can also help by giving generously through a financial donation to the Family Growth and Resource Center.