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Empowering Families, Strengthening Communities: Welcome to WFSC :)

Since 1994, Wilkinsburg Family Support Center (WFSC) has been dedicated to empowering families through strength-based, community-driven services.
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Who we are?

30 Years of Family Support A Journey of Growth and Impact

Tailored Support for Every Family: a Programs Designed to Thrive

WFSC offers a variety of services to support families, including child development programs, parent education, and case management. Families can enjoy our ‘drop-in’ services for social and recreational activities, along with stress relief programs for parents in a welcoming, supportive environment.

Bringing Support Home: Personal, Hands-On Help for Families

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A Safe Space for Growth:
Onsite Programs for Parents & Kids

WFSC offers a range of center-based programs, alongside home-visiting services and community-designed initiatives, in collaboration with local agencies to provide comprehensive support tailored to each family’s needs.

Comprehensive Family Support Services
Child Development, Parent Education, and Community Programs

Services initially provided would include child development, parent education, case management as well as programs designed by families participating in the center’s services. While these communities were chosen because of the existence of families with multiple service needs enrollment did not require that families had a “problem” requiring assistance. Families were welcome to come to the center for social and recreational activities. Each center offered “drop-in” support to families allowing parents and caregivers to drop into the center to get a break from the stresses of parenting. Parents were engaged in adult classes and programs while children were involved in staff supervised developmental play.

The Family Driven Support Center

Wilkinsburg Family Support Center (WFSC) was established as part of a plan to establish resident driven family support centers in three communities – Homewood, Wilkinsburg and Duquesne over a three-year period. Homewood was opened in 1993, Wilkinsburg was opened in 1994 and Duquesne was opened in 1995. The initial target population was families with children ages 0-3 but that was expanded to families with children ages 0-5 by 1996. The centers were created to utilize the strength-based approach to service delivery to families.

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