Family Support Services
Individual and Family ServicesCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
Family Support Services operates in the field of individual and family services and is based in Oakland, California. It focuses on aiding families dealing with trauma, including situations where grandparents assume caregiving, parents raising children with disabilities, and households facing homelessness. The organization serves communities across Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties through a suite of targeted programs. Its program lineup encompasses Respite Care, Family Preservation, Growing Up Strong, Kinship Support Services, and Kinship Youth Program, each aimed at different stages of family resilience and child development. Respite Care provides specialized child care to give primary caregivers a break; Family Preservation offers home-based, intensive support to stress-impacted families to reduce risk of abuse or neglect; Growing Up Strong assists children experiencing emotional or behavioral challenges or trauma from violence. Kinship Support Services delivers crisis intervention, peer groups, workshops and training, and help with guardianship, while Kinship Youth Program serves children and youth ages 6 to 18 who are being raised by kin.