Brooklyn Network:
Family Support Programs
After more than a century of experience working with youth in residential care, Good Shepherd recognized the need to provide services and supports to vulnerable families within their own communities to avert the need for out-of-home care. We pioneered this new approach in 1972 with the establishment of our Family Reception Center in Park Slope, Brooklyn – one of the City’s first community-based neighborhood service centers. Over the years, as we have developed other programs in South Brooklyn and other communities to address neighborhood needs and concerns, our counseling and family support activities have remained fundamental to our continuum of services.
Family Reception Center (FRC)
Our first preventive services program in South Brooklyn, the Family Reception Center provides family, group, and individual counseling, advocacy, and referral to other services to avert the need for foster care placement and prevent incidences of child abuse and neglect.
Red Hook Community Center Family Counseling Services
Provides individual, family and group counseling in conjunction with activities at the Red Hook Community Center Beacon at PS 15 to avert the need for foster care placement.
Transitions
Provides intensive casework services including home-based, individual, family, and group counseling to families that have experienced difficulty with an addictive substance to avert the need for entry or re-entry into foster care.
Single Stop Service Center
A comprehensive service center where individuals and families can come in on a walk-in basis and receive assistance accessing public benefits for which they are eligible. Services also include legal counseling, financial planning assistance, and referrals to other community-based organizations where participants can receive additional services if needed.
Geographical Overview:
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Program Locations
Family Reception Center
441 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Red Hook Community Center Family Counseling Services
173 Conover Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Transitions
503 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Single Stop Service Center
503 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
