The Family Center – Kinship Program

The Family Center – Kinship Program

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The Family Center – Kinship Program

493 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Program Contact: Trish Jean-Louis X132
Phone: (718) 230-1379 x 140
Fax: (718) 638-1628
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.thefamilycenter.org/what-we-do/family-support-services/family-ties/

Serves: caregivers w/ no legal designation & legal custodians in Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, & Richmond (Staten Island) counties – kids must be 17yrs or younger.

Services:

  • Individual and Family Counseling, with specialization in family transitions, trauma, and grief and loss
  • Developing a permanency plan to address who will care for children if a caregiver becomes incapacitated/dies
  • Case management and advocacy to ensure families have all the services and benefits that they need
  • Legal assistance on family law, housing, lifetime planning and benefits matters
  • Recreational activities for families
  • Parenting groups and support, specialized for grandparent caregivers
  • Kinship Support Group (Virtual and in person)
  • Virtual group meets twice a month. In person meets monthly.
  • Contact our intake department for more information.

TFC’s services for adoptive parents and kincaregivers are funded by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services

Contact Information
493 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11216
Trish Jean-Louis X132
(718) 230-1379 x 140
(718) 638-1628
  • Kings
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Kinship Care Services