Little Debbie's Family Resource Center
In 2007, Little Debbie’s Second Chance Family Resource Center, Inc (LDFRC) was founded. LDFRC is a family and community support component of Little Debbie’s Second Chance Home. LDFRC is dedicated to breaking generational cycles of poverty and abuse through a wholistic approach to serving the community through clinical services, parent education, and adolescence development.
Milestones:
January 2008
Little Debbie's Family Services, Inc. opened to the community. This comprehensive intervention center for empowering families offers intense counseling with the goal to preserve families, parent education, specifically teen parents, and teen program components to educate and empower young adults.
January 2009
Little Debbie's Family Services,Inc. is proud to launch our GED preparation and vocational training program for youth and adults who are in need of a second chance in life. This component of our program will include on site GED training, career, employment, and life skills coaching. We are very excited about this program because it is a necessity in our community.
March 2009
Little Debbie's Family Services, Inc. hosted their first "Helping Hands" orientation, which included Stand Up For Kids Atlanta. Offering mentor and volunteer opportunities to the members of our surrounding community was beneficial for LDFS, Inc. and its programs mission. Building partnerships with other organizations and community individuals is the orientations main focus. A helping hand is a helping hand no matter how it is lent and we look forward to our second "Helping Hands" orientation in the near future.
August 2009
Little Debbie's Family Services, Inc.'s GED program has begun! Members of the community have started their journey to securing their educational futures and improving the skills they will need to obtain their GED. The program is under the direction of Ms. Martha Blocker, LDFS Inc.'s Educational Director. We wish all of the participants luck and success in their endeavor.
December 2009
One of Little Debbie's residents has completed the program, as well as all entailed clinical services, and reunited with her family. Family reunification is one the main goals of Little Debbie's and we are proud to have another success story come from our program.
