Our Staff
Phylicia Tarpley
Director
Christina Randall
Community Engagement/ Service Coordinator
Wanda Thompson
FDS/ Health Coordinator
Donnika Green Fulton
FDS/Kinship Care Coordinator
Roverto Fraizer
Men's Service Coordinator/Transportation
Ronald Baldwin
Program Accountant
Carletta West
FDS/Child Development Associate
What is Family Support?
Family support is a family-focused approach to human service delivery. It is community based and there are no eligibility requirements for participation. As opposed to identifying and fixing what is wrong, family support focuses on identifying and building upon family strengths.
Strength Based
Family Support is strength based, building on existing individual, family, community and cultural abilities and vitalities.
Relationship Based
Family Support is relationship based, fostering respectful partnerships between and among parents, peers and professional.
Collaborative
Family Support services are designed by and for participants to meet their priorities and are collaborative among agencies to insure easy access and use.
Community Based
Family Support services are based in the community, serve the entire family, without eligibility requirements and are voluntary.
Community Designed
Family Support is governed, designed and improved by participants and community members.
Enhances Cultures
Family Support reflects respects and enhances the cultures of the neighborhood through the staff it hires the materials and activities it provides.
Family Improvements
Family Support services are enhanced through program evaluations that reflect family support principles and that contribute to continuous program improvement.
