Agency Details:

New Bedford Community Connections Coalition

The New Bedford Community Connections Coalition provides facilitative leadership for a variety of community-based initiatives that seek to strengthen and support families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
By promoting the voices of families and placing the nationally recognized "Principles of Family Support" at the heart of our agenda, the primary mission of the Coalition is to stimulate efforts and support policies and practice that ensure families in our community have access to the resources and supports they need for optimal development of their children and themselves.
NBCCC works to bring together families, neighborhoods, social service and educational institutions, civic organizations and municipal and business leaders to work together to promote healthy, safe and equitable environments for our community's most at-risk families.

Description:
The New Bedford Community Connections Coalition has three primary objectives, and they are as follows:

• Promote efforts to ensure that families in our targeted neighborhoods have access to supports and resources they need for the optimal development of their children and themselves, this work is done through our Family Resource and Development Center.
  
  
• Increase community-wide awareness, understanding and responsiveness to the multifaceted needs of foster children and teens, this work is done through our Task Force for Foster Care Support.
  
  
• Provide technical assistance and support to the New Bedford Area Department of Children and Families Office to assist in their efforts to integrate the "Principles of Family Support" into their work with DCF involved families.



History:
The New Bedford Community Connections Coalition was formed in 1996, and is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.


Contact people:


Darlene Spencer, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Bethany Toure, Family Support Advocate, (phone), (email) Christie Brum, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email)


Office fax number: 508-994-9667

Address:


105 William Street 3rd Floor New Bedford, MA 02740 (See a map)


Web Site: None specified

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: N/A,   Walk distance (in minutes): N/A   Nearest Bus Stop: Downtown New Bedford Bus Terminal, 3 minute walk

Last updated on August 5, 2009