The landscape is changing quickly, but it s clear everyone, black and white, urban and suburban, is caught up with the same problems and the answer has to be in working through them together. We can build new horizons if people are empowered block by block and take responsibility and ownership in their lives. So we want to LEAP into a future where people have the right to live healthfully and comfortably with their humanity and within their community. It is a bundling of current FACS programs with upcoming programs to make the best and most cost-effective use of current research and intervention when an issue emerges. The Center for Prevention Service's collaborative approach is designed to reduce duplication and fragmentation of Services.
Prevention is the wave of the future in addressing family and children's issues.
It speaks directly to FACS's mission of strengthening families as the most powerful approach to avoiding the majority of social ills. Through The Center for Prevention Services, FACS's care providers will directly combat emerging issues. This will help families get back on track before crises become full blown, said Mimi Ballard, FACS executive director. Prevention is a hard sell to insurance providers, corporate benefactors and private contributors, said Roberta Tessler, current program director of the Family Mentor Program and The Center for Prevention Service's founding director. It can be difficult to document problems that aren't allowed to come to fruition.