The Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative (CH/S FSC) is a nonprofit organization of more than 40 community service agencies, resident groups and neighborhood leaders. We’ve worked in our community since 1996.“A community grows when the welfare of children and their families is at the center of its vision”
Who we are
The Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative (CH/S FSC) is a nonprofit organization of more than 40 community service agencies, resident groups and neighborhood leaders. We’ve worked in our community since 1996.
Our mission is to help protect children and families from child abuse and neglect and to promote healthy families in our communities. We serve families with children that live in the Columbia Heights and Shaw areas. We also work with Latino families who live in areas where Spanish speaking providers are not available.
Our work has been supported by the District Government (Department of Employment Services, D.C. Child and Family Services, and the Mayor’s Office On Latino Affairs), local and national foundations, Federal government grants and contracts, and individual donors.
Family Services
The CH/SFSC delivers services in English and Spanish and we respect the many cultures in our community. We use a “strengths-based approach” to finding solutions to family problems. We believe that every individual and family has strengths. We help identify those strengths so that problems can be solved.
We offer families general information and help them get in touch withCase Management
We help and support families when they have problems with housing, paying their utility bills, school problems, and other needs. A social worker will come to the family’s home and help come up with a plan to meet the needs of the family.
Family Team Meeting Coordination – DC Child and Family Services Agency
We work with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) to hold Family Team Meetings with families whose children are in foster care or are at risk for having a child removed due to abuse and neglect.
Community Building
The Community Capacity Building team is responsible for programs that reach out to the community members and help the community gain strength. We help organize the tenants of a building. We help manage summer youth employment programs. We meet with parents and other small groups that need help with things like depression and how to keep their kids out of gangs.
Contributions to the Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative are deductible as defined in Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS code. Our federal tax identification number is 52-232-8876
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