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Enroll your 3 or 4 year old in our Head Start preschool program.

Head Start

Head Start provides comprehensive early childhood education and support services in the areas of:

  • Health & Dental Care
  • Nutrition 
  • Special Education 
  • Parent skill workshops
  • Social Services
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Provide a home to a child or teen

Helping Hands Homes

Shelter Homes parents do extraordinary things. When you open your home to a child or teen you are providing them with the safety and support needed as they begin their journey towards family reunification.

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Find, maintain and enhance your life in recovery.

Living Proof Recovery Center

Living Proof Recovery Center is a welcoming and safe place of hope for the recovery community. The program provides: 

  • Connections to recovery resources
  • Wellness classes 
  • Peer mentoring & coaching 
  • Support groups  
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Enroll in affordable health insurance.

Navigator Exchange Program

Our trained, multi-lingual navigators can help you learn about your options for enrolling in affordable health insurance:

  • Discover what options are available for you and your family
  • Learn how to get covered after open enrollment is over
  • Understand information about your small business healthcare tax credits   
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Success Stories

This has become so much more than mentoring, he’s become like a son to me.

The strength of DaQuan and Tyrone’s relationship is remarkable. It is one full of trust, mutual respect, and ultimately, of friendship. It is the result of mentoring at its very best.  

“I became a mentor because I could have used one in my life when I was young,” recalls Camden Fire Department Captain, Tyrone Baker, “I was excited to become a part of a young person’s life and make a real difference.”

Tyrone found out about Center For Family Services mentoring program through the Fire Department in 2008. He was quickly matched up with then 12 year old DaQuan Johnson, also of Camden City.

DaQuan was struggling in school, constantly getting into trouble and succumbing to peer pressure. “I wasn’t being a leader,” says DaQuan, now an 18 year old... Read Full Story