What’s New
The Family Center is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a $50,000 Love Takes Action award from the New York Life Foundation. This grant will allow us to continue serving NYC children and families impacted by trauma and loss...
Last month six members of The Family Center’s newly created Divisity, Equity and Inclusion team attended a half-day summit hosted by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). The summit, titled NCTSN Being Anti-Racist is Centr...
The Family Center is thrilled to announce that we are launching a new program called a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. For the first time in our agency’s 26-year history, The Family Center will offer integrated primary ...
The Family Center is thrilled to announce that our Board Chair, Joel M. Field III, has been inducted into Cause Strategy Partners’ Board Chair Hall of Fame! Cause Strategy Partners helps social good organizations, like The Family Cente...
The Family Center is thrilled to announce that our application to participate in The National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s upcoming Summit has been accepted. The Summit focuses on how being anti-racist is central to trauma-informed c...
On Tuesday, May 19th, The Family Center hosted Best Practices for Supporting Kincare Families in Community Settings, a webinar developed by The Community Technical Assistance Center of New York (CTAC). Family Coordinator, Anita Bhattacha...
The Family Center Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb and our Director of Social Services, Marya Gilborn, were both recently quoted in The Chronicle of Social Change! At The Family Center, we are proud to serve kin caregiver families and ...
As you, our cherished supporters, know: The Family Center works to keep vulnerable New Yorkers and their families stronger, longer. While COVID-19 wreaks havoc on our city and the communities we serve, The Family Center and our client f...
Ivy Gamble Cobb in the Women in Human Services Hall of Fame
February 20, 2020News, #HumanServices, #Women, HallofFameEvery year in March, Strong Nonprofits For a Better New York honors women providing critical services across NY. This year our very own Executive Director and one of our four founders, Ivy Gamble Cobb, is among the ranks of those honored...
Since The Family Center's inception 25 years ago, we have been committed to supporting caregiver-headed families, or families in which children are being raised by someone other than their biological parents. In 2019, our expert social w...
25th Annual Toy Drive & Holiday Party A Smashing Success
January 8, 2020News, Christmas, corporate volunteers, holiday, party, Santa, toy drive, volunteers
As The Family Center marks a quarter-century of serving NYC families in 2019, this year's holiday celebrations were exceptionally festive. On Saturday, December 21st, over 500 New Yorkers gathered with Family Center Board members, Leader...