Profile: Family Service Agency

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Family Service Agency, a not-for-profit, nonsectarian human service agency, recognizes the family as the foundation of our community.

Mission Statement

The mission of Family Service Agency is to provide services that advocate for, strengthen, and preserve the individual and the family.

Purpose

Since our inception in 1902, our initial incorporation in 1931 through to the present time the purpose of the agency has remained consistent.

Simply put, the purpose is to provide the framework and facilities for the operation of a nonsectarian private child welfare and family service agency with the following objectives:

* Contribute to harmonious family interrelationships
* To strengthen the positive values of family life
* To promote healthy personality development and satisfactory social functioning of various family members.
* To strengthen home life and parental care for children
* To safeguard family life, and
* Cultivate the development of mental and physical potentialities of children.

Accreditation & Licensure

Family Service Agency is accredited by the National Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc.

Family Service Agency's counseling services are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services and its adoption services are licensed by the Arizona Department of Economic Security as a Child Welfare and Adoption Agency.

Family Service Agency is a member of the Alliance for Children and Families, and is a partner agency with the Valley of the Sun United Way and Mesa United Way.

Programs and Locations

All program services are provided either at no charge or on a sliding fee scale. We do not reject any client based on an inability to pay.

Current program offerings are:

Outpatient Counseling - all phases of behavioral health counseling which includes in-home services, assessment and substance abuse services, Employee Assistance Programs.

Employment & Education Support Services - workshops and seminars for the displaced homemaker, single parent, welfare-to-work participant, etc. teaching a variety of subjects as well as job placement assistance intended to assist in transitioning the individual to economic self-sufficiency.

Adoption - providing services to both the birth parents and the adoptive families.

Parent Aide Program - an in-home service provided to families with children at medium risk of abuse and neglect referred through CPS.

Family Preservation - an in-home service provided to assist families with children who are at high risk of abuse and neglect. with referrals through CPS.

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