Many agencies are responding to the critical needs of children and families in North Carolina. Children and Family Services-NC (CFSA-NC) serves 45 member agencies by advocating on behalf of children and families, providing staff training and consultation, and serving as a source of information and networking for members and the public.

Fast Facts about CFSA-NC
• CFSA-NC was incorporated as a not-for profit association in 1976, serving members who provide adoptions, foster care, residential child care, and behavioral health care.
• Today the association serves 45 member agencies by advocating on behalf of children and families, providing staff training and consultation, and serving as a source of information and networking for members and the public.

• Services provided by member agencies include:
  • Adoptions and related services
  • Family, specialized and therapeutic foster care
  • Emergency and respite care
  • Residential Treatment services
  • Out-patient counseling
  • Day Treatment
  • Community Support Services
  • Intensive In-Home Support
• The Children and Families Served
  • During the 4th quarter of 2007 Member agencies served approximately 8000 children and families in all 100 counties in NC.
  

Funding
Funding for services comes from a combination of contributions from individuals like you, as well as federal, state and county resources. Many CFSA-NC member agencies would not be able to serve our children and families without direct support from private contributions.

What the Numbers Tell Us
• Of the more than eight million people in North Carolina, about 2 million of those are children under the age of 18.
• Parents, communities, and the state must do all that is possible to assist our children in growing into productive adulthood with good health, protection, and with multiple opportunities open to them.
• More than 60,000 of our state’s children are reported abused or neglected each year.
• No one knows the actual number of children who suffer but go unreported.

Unfortunately, the children served by CFSA-NC member agencies are “forgotten children” in the public mind. To improve the lives of our children and families in North Carolina, we must all work to change this public mindset. Our future, and our children’s future, depends on it.

Click here for links to CFSA-NC member websites