The Family Center – Kinship Program

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: intake@thefamilycenter.org
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