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©
2000 Jordan Institute
for Families
Vol. 5,
No. 1
April
2000
Services Provided by Family Support Agencies
In 1999 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work surveyed 286 family support agencies in North Carolina to ask them about the services they provide. Below are the services the responding agencies* said they provide:
|
Program Area
|
% of Respondents Providing this Program |
| Child care or child care support |
66.2
|
| Respite services |
37.4
|
| Community economic development |
16.7
|
| Domestic violence programs |
17.6
|
| TANF (welfare to work) |
22.7
|
| Programs for fathers |
39.0
|
| Programs for incarcerated parents |
3.9
|
| Leadership training |
47.4
|
| Parenting classes |
67.9
|
| School-linked services |
63.0
|
| Youth/adolescent development |
45.0
|
| Child safety |
56.4
|
| Substance abuse prevention/intervention |
28.2
|
*Overall response rate=87/286=30.4%
Data from: "The Family
Support Programs: Survey of Intergenerational Activities" by the
Center for Aging Research and Educational Services (CARES) at the UNC-CH
School of Social Work <http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/cares.htm>
© 2000 Jordan Institute for Families