Our Family Center is a preventive services program that supports families in Brooklyn’s Community District 14 and 17. The Center helps families eliminate or reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect, which often result in children entering the foster care system. Our first priority is always to ensure the safety of children and to break the cycle of abuse and neglect. We conduct strength-based family case conferences that use information about the family’s cultural background, language skills, and resources to stabilize the family and connect them with the right services. Our goal is to strengthen the family by helping them to maintain assets such as employment and support networks. The Center provides supportive services, including parenting workshops, support groups, government entitlement(s) assistance, and treatment program referrals to overcome barriers that may cause the family additional stress in caring for their children. CAMBA’s Family Center also provides individual counseling, play therapy, school advocacy and housing assistance.
Established in 2001, our Family Center currently serves 60 families a year.
Caribbean Family Services was established this year as a preventive foster care program that operates in conjunctions with CAMBA’s Family Center and Families for Kids. CFS, which targets Brooklyn Community District’s 9, 14, and 17, helps families eliminate or reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect which often result in children entering the foster care system. Our first priority is always to ensure the safety of children and to break the cycle of abuse and neglect. We conduct strength-based family case conferences that use information about the family’s cultural background, language skills, and resources to stabilize the family and connect them with the right services. Our goal is to strengthen the family by helping them to maintain assets such as employment and support networks. To do this, we provide supportive services such as parenting workshops, parent support groups, assistance with government entitlements, health care access, referrals for treatment programs and other barriers that may be causing the family additional stress in caring for their children.
CFS currently serves 75 families a year.