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CTF Designated Local Council
Child and Family Resource Council
Prevention Area Served: Kent County
Grant Tier: 3 ($23,712)
Website:
Child and Family Resource Council
Address:
118 Commerce SW, Ste. 220
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4106
Phone:(616) 454-4673
Fax:(616) 454-2059
Coordinator:Susan Toman
Email: stoman@childresource.cc
Direct Service Grant
Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan
Prevention Area Served: Kent County
Grant Number: CTFDS 09-41001-1
Grant Period: FY09-FY11
Website:
Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan
Address:
1715 Sutherland Drive
Kentwood, MI 49508
Phone: (616) 281-4601
Fax: (616) 281-4696
Coordinator: Steve Zwart
Email: szwart@lcfsmi.org
Project: Parent Education Programs and support group curriculum will target Latino parents with children 0-18 in Kent County, referred through various community agencies. The Pailalen (meaning bringing peace) is a violence prevention parent-training program model recognized by SAMSHA as a Promising Practice that provides strength-based prevention/intervention group experience for these Latino parents and children.
Circle of Parents Program
Child and Family Resource Council
Prevention Area Served: Kent County
Website:
Child and Family Resource Council
Address:
118 Commerce SW, Ste. 220
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4106
Phone Number:(616) 454-4673 Ext. 138
Fax:(616) 454-2059
Coordinator:Michelle Bishop
Email: mbishop@childresource.cc
Projects: Kent County has two Circle of Parents programs. One meets at Southwest Community Campus and one at East Leonard Elementary School. See Coordinator above for times and dates of future support group meetings.
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