Plainfield Family Success Center
Family Success Centers are community-based, family centered neighborhood gathering places where any community resident can go for family support, information, and services. The purpose of the Family Success Center is to enrich the lives of children and adults by making families and neighborhoods stronger.
Plainfield Family Success Center provides wrap-around resources and supports for families before they find themselves in crisis. Family Success Centers offer primary child abuse prevention services to families and bring together concerned community residents, leaders, and community agencies to address the problems that threaten the safety and stability of families and the community. There is no cost to access services provided by the Family Success Center.
Links
2ndfloor
NJ 211
Racial Equity
Rutgers H.O.P.E Clinic
FSC Events
College Readiness
Personal Finance
Parenting Coping Skills
FSC Family Support Workers
Sequoia Young Ex. 5221
Dashe’ Counts-Ex. 5239
Victorina Guzman-Ex.-5237
Shaniqua Gayle-Volunteer Coodinator-Ex.5236
Secretary Pat Belin-ex 5246
What is a Family Success Center
Family Success Centers are community-based, family centered neighborhood gathering places where any community resident can go for family support, information and services. The purpose of Family Success Centers is to enrich the lives of children and adults by making families and neighborhoods stronger.
Plainfield’s Parent Information& Resource Center provides comprehensive educational and support services that help to increase parent involvement, school readiness and academic success of children.
Services and Programs
The Plainfield Family Success Center provides educational & support services to families and children residing in the City of Plainfield.
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Home based support services
Case management
Educational workshops
Support Groups
Parent-Child Interaction Activities.
Leadership Training and Advocacy
Training
Life Skills
Parent Education Technical Assistance
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Nutritional Workshops
Health Screenings and Workshops
Self -sufficiency workshops
NJ Shares / NJ Family Care
Finance and Credit Repair
Housing Workshops
Tutoring for Kids
Grandparent’s Support Group
Individual and Family Counseling
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Community Involvement: Staff from the PFSC attend various local and statewide meetings; serve on many taskforces and subcommittees; as well as providing technical assistance and support for two local consortiums: Plainfield Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies, HM/HB) Plainfield Initiative for Early Childhood Educational Services, (PIECES).
Community Partnership:
The Family Success Center collaborates with various community organizations to provide quality services to the families and children of Plainfield. Our community partnerships include (partial list)
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United Way of Greater Union County
Plainfield Board of Education’s Office of Early Childhood
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County
City of Plainfield
Law Of fice of Garces and Grabler
Prevention Links
Resolve Community Counseling Center
Plainfield Health Services
Plainfield Planned Parenthood
Plainfield Neighborhood Health Center
NAMI
NJ Shares
NJ Family Care
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SPAN
Parent Anonymous of NJ
Union County College
The Puerto Rican Association for Human
Development, Inc
Central New Jersey Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Prevent Child Abuse of New Jersey
Parent Information & Resource Center of New Jersey
Community Coordinated Child Care of
Union County (4C’s)
Local Community Business/ Religious
Institutions
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Sponsored by:
New Jersey Department of Children& Family Service, Department of Human Services/Division of Family Development; the Plainfield Board of Education.