Positive Parenting with a Plan Program
Held the first Saturday of each month, please call Bridge Builders Counseling Center for details 910-792-9888
Child Advocacy & Parenting Place Exchange Club
This organization has numerous programs that support and enhance the lives of area children and families. Programs include a Child Nutrition Program, Provider Quality Initiative, Pre-teen Risk Reduction Program, the Grandparent Support Network, Child Abuse Prevention Seminars and Trainings, and Happy Beginnings, a program of the Safe School/ Healthy Students Grant. Call 791-1057 Ext. 14 or log on to www.cappcenter.org.
Counseling Center of Family Services
Counseling Center of Family Services, located at 1501 Dock St., provides programs in Anger Management, Marriage Therapy, and Family Counseling along with a variety of other services. The center has sliding fee scale and accepts major insurance plans, including Medicaid and Medicare. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 343-1910.
Smart Start of New Hanover County
Smart Start of NHC collaborates with a network of community agencies serving children and their families to ensure that every child has the opportunity to enter school prepared for success. Programs and services focus on childcare, early childhood education, family support, and health promotion. Services are available in Spanish. For more information, call 815-3731 or visit www.newhanoverkids.org.
CIS Waccamaw Family Resource Center
The CIS (Communities in Schools) Waccamaw Family Resource Center in Ash offers GED classes, ESL classes, preschool classes, parenting classes (Spanish & English), a Mobile Health Unit, WIC applications, Health Choice/Health Check applications, free transportation, free childcare for GED and ESL participants, afterschool programs, foster care support groups, food and clothing closet referrals and a preteen group. A new Circle of Parents-Special Needs Support group meets every Wednesday from 10 am-12 pm. For additional information, please call 287-6155 or go to www.cisbrunswick.org.
Leland Family Literacy Program
Leland Family Literacy Center offers a family literacy program for Brunswick County residents with children ages 6 weeks to 7 years of age. Parents and children come to school together Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am-2:30 pm. Transportation is provided for families in the Leland area. Call 371-5760 for details.
Leland Communities in Schools Family Resource Center
The CIS Family Resource Center in Leland offers a variety of services for families including Computer training, Grandparent/Grandchild Support Groups, WIC, Immunization Clinics, a Mobile Health Unit, foster care support groups and workshops, food and clothing closet referrals, nutrition programs, parenting classes and parent support groups. Please call 371-5411 for information or email cisfrc-leland@bizec.rr.com
Brunswick County Partnership for Children
The Brunswick County Partnership for Children is a community-based collaborative committed to improving the quality of life for young children and families. Programs for area residents focus on childcare, education, family, and health. For more information on the BCPFC, call 754-3166.
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) in New Hanover County
For parents who live or work in New Hanover County, CCR&R will provide you with a list of child care referrals the meet your needs. Please call 397-9346 or visit the website at www.region4ccrr.nc.gov.
Child Care Resource & Referral of Brunswick County (CCR&R)
For parents who live or work in Brunswick County, Child Care Resource & Referral will provide you with a list of child care options that meet your needs. Please call 755-3362.
Pender County Child Care Resource & Referral Agency
This agency provides parents with information about choosing quality childcare, childcare referrals, family support programs, and a resource library. Technical assistance is also available to daycare providers to help get their business started or to help existing providers improve their care. Call 259-9978 or email penderchildcare@bellsouth.net.
Latino Community Services/CCR&R
Bilingual Family Service Coordinators provide Child Care Resource & Referral services to Spanish-speaking parents. NC Health Check/Health Choice insurance enrollment is facilitated and support in accessing and utilizing health care systems and other resources is provided. Smart Start of New Hanover County, 815-3731.
Oak Island Family Resource Center
The Oak Island Family Resource Center offers Preschool classes, GED classes, Health Choice/Health Check applications, a Mobile Health Unit, Child Immunizations, Senior errand days and Senior Doctor Visits and outings, Teen & Pre-teen activities, foster parent support groups, after school programs, food and clothing closet referrals, Mental Health Visits, etc. For additional information, call 278-3622.
DREAMS Center for Arts Education
The DREAMS Center for Arts Education is a nonprofit youth development program dedicated to offering high quality, free-of-charge classes in the creative, visual and performing arts to children in need. For more information or to request an application, please call 772-1501, email dreamscenter@ec.rr.com, or visit www.dreamswilmington.org.
Zisper Wellness
Offering Free Counseling Sessions! We provide Individual, Family, and Group counseling to Children/Adolescents/Teens/Adults that address:
Friendship/Social Skills, Self-esteem Building, Stress Coping/Healthy Living, Anger Management, Diversity, Personal Conflicts, Relationship Issues, School Difficulties, New School Transitioning, Middle to High School Transition, Blended Families, Mental Health Concerns, Social Media Safety/awareness, Parent Support, and much more.
