Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Family Support Organization
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Children & Youth
- Crisis Support
- Health & Medicine
Location
1226 East Landis AvenueElmer, NJ 08318 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Family Support Organization is devoted to ensuring that families of children with special emotional and behavioral challenges are provided with compassionate, community-based and culturally sensitive care. We are dedicated to providing families with family-oriented and youth guided support, education and advocacy.
Description
We provide intensive face-to-face support to families and caregivers. We also provide support by phone. We attend Child-Family team meetings, Individual Education Plan meetings and other pertinent meetings regarding the family and the child. We facilitate famiy-run support groups throughout Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties. We advoctae for our families' needs. We advocate for families as a whole within the various systems which include the Juvenile Justice, DYFS, Mental Health, Education and Medicaid. We also advocate at the state and federal levels. We strive to ensure that the family voice is heard at all levels.