United Family Services

Infobox_Company
company_name = United Family Services
company_
company_type = Private, Non-Profit
foundation = 1909
location = Charlotte, North Carolina
homepage = [http://www.unitedfamilyservices.org/index.html www.unitedfamilyservices.org]

United Family Service (UFS) is a not-for-profit, family service organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in Concord, Huntersville, Monroe and Mooresville, NC. United Family Services is a member of United Way of Central Carolinas, Inc. and is accredited by the Council on Accreditation.

History

United Family Services was founded in 1882 by 100 religious and business leaders who pledged $25 a year each to support the work of the organization. With offices in Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Mooresville/S. Iredell and Union counties, United Family Services has 84 full-time employees and more than 250 active volunteers.

Mission

United Family Services’ Mission is to inspire individuals, families and communities to find solutions that create a better future.

United Family Services works in partnership with others, to restore all individuals and families to basic levels of security, self-sufficiency, and belonging, through quality services to ensure that children have mentors, that women are safe, that victims are not left in the cold, that no one is overwhelmed by debt, and that counseling is accessible.

The majority of their consumers are between the ages of 20 and 54 and earn less than $30,000 per year. Each year, UFS helps more than 25,000 people and remains the only agency in the greater Charlotte area to provide the comprehensive resources, education and support needed to live healthy and stable lives. Fact|date=July 2007

ervices

Counseling & Education
* Individual, marital and family counseling
* Anger management support groups
* Partners In Parenting court-mandated education program
* Employee Assistance

Crisis Intervention & Advocacy
* 24-hour hotlines for victims of sexual assault
* 24-hour hospital accompaniment for victims of sexual assault
* Accompaniment to police interviews or meetings with district attorney
* Advocacy within the criminal court system
* Assistance to youth investigators in interviewing child victims
* Assistance with victim compensation applications
* Child abuse prevention education
* Counseling for children who have been sexually abused and their families
* Counseling for children who have witnessed violence
* Crisis intervention and short-term counseling for victims of violent crime
* Educational presentations on victimization and prevention
* Grief counseling following a homicide
* Post-traumatic stress debriefings for groups affected by violence
* Support groups for teens and adult women who have been sexually assaulted
* Training on issues of victimization and response to victims

Domestic Violence Services
* 24-hour emergency room response at Carolinas Medical Center
* 24-hour emergency shelter in secure and confidential location
* 24-hour hotline
* Counseling for women (and their children) who have experienced intimate partner violence
* Counseling for incarcerated women who have experienced intimate partner violence
* Court accompaniment and assistance with filing protective orders
* Support groups
* Heart To Heart teen theatre (in partnership with The Children's Theater of Charlotte)

Economic Independence
* Budgeting and money management education and planning
* Debt Management Program
* Mortgage delinquency/Loss mitigation/Default resolution
* Pre/post rental counseling
* Pre-purchase homeownership counseling
* Post-purchase homeownership counseling
* Rental delinquency
* Reverse equity mortgage counseling

External links

* [http://www.unitedfamilyservices.org/index.html United Family Services home]
* [http://www.uwcentralcarolinas.org/ United Way of Central Carolinas]