Community Programming for Families and Their Children
Family Opportunity Center
Available to Jefferson and St. Lawrence County families.
The Family Opportunity Center offers a healthy, warm, welcoming, and family-oriented space. The center encourages parents to drop in for companionship, peer discussion, and positive social support, as well as field trips and free play for children.
44
Families receiving
support.
93
Successful supervised visits in 2019.
96%
Increase in concrete
support for families utilizing the Center.
At A Glance
01
Who
Families
02
What
Caregiver support, access to resources, child development activities
03
Where
Jefferson & St. Lawrence
Counties
The Family Opportunity Center Offers
- Fun, family atmosphere in which to interact with your child
- Information and referral to community services
- Parenting support: ages and stages of child development
- A place to talk with other parents, caregivers and staff
- Parenting classes and information sessions
- A lending library with supportive resources including: books, videos, DVDs...
- Opportunities for field trips
- Certified Car Seat Safety Checks
- Certified Lactation Consultants
- Evidence-based parenting curriculum
- Safe space supervised visits