About the Family Nurturing Center

Family Nurturing Center® is a non-profit social service agency located in Northern Kentucky dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy family relationships.  Our services and programs focus on the education, prevention, and treatment of all forms of child abuse and neglect.

MISSION

Ending the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy family relationships.

VISION

Safe children

Thriving families

Nurturing communities

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• We help create a world where children live free of all forms of abuse and violence through a full range of prevention and treatment programs.
• The entire community is needed to protect children.  Family Nurturing Center is a leader in educating the community about its role in supporting a nurturing environment for all families.
• Families play a critical role in promoting individual well-being and healthy relationships.  Our family based services create the greatest opportunities for lasting change.
• Children’s well-being is an adult responsibility.  Permanent cultural change in the way a community prevents and responds to child abuse occurs by educating adults and empowering individuals.  Committing time and resources to do this is an investment in a better future.

Initial work to form the agency began as early as 1975 by a group of concerned citizens who recognized the magnitude of the problem of child abuse.  Formerly known as Committee For Kids, Inc., The Family Nurturing Center® began as “Citizens Committee Against Child Abuse and Neglect of Northern Kentucky” in 1988. The first program, Parents Anonymous, was held in September 1978 and the agency incorporated in 1979.

Family Nurturing Center became a United Way Member Agency in 1988 and later became an affiliate of Family Nurturing Center, National, located in Park City, Utah. Today, the agency is the largest affiliate of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky.

Family Nurturing Center is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board employs a full-time Executive Director who hires talented and dedicated staff to carry out the vision and philosophy of the agency. The agency continues to use volunteers extensively in order to involve the community and maximize limited resources.

Direct service programs are offered at our Florence location as well as at donated sites across Northern Kentucky. The majority of services are provided to residents of Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton counties in Kentucky, and Hamilton County in Ohio, although there are no geographic restrictions. Strong community support and the spirit of volunteerism allow us to provide quality programs in cost effective manner.

Winner of the 2008 Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Small Business "SUCCESS" Award, Not-for-profit category.