Agency Details:

Our Family Center, Inc.

The mission of Our Family Center is to “strengthen families in the Hammond area through education, guidance and compassion.”

Description:
Since 2004 we have strengthened over 400 families, representing over 1000 individuals through our services.
•EDUCATION•more than 50 children are tutored and mentored each school year.
•GUIDANCE•Children, teens and adults are provided free professional counseling.
•COMPASSION•hundreds receive Christmas gifts through our “Gift of Hope” program each year.

History:
We are a locally based 501c3 non-profit, founded in October 2004. After informal surveys of Hammond parents we discovered 2 major concerns:

1. Help our children’s education.
2. Keep kids off the streets.

With this in mind we began an after-school mentoring and tutoring program. Soon after the start of this program, we discovered the need for low-cost counseling, and added this to our services.

Contact people:

Todd Forrest, Program Director, (phone), (email) Raquel Forrest, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (219) 852-4078

Address:

820 171st St P.O. Box 4253 Hammond, IN 46324 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.ourfamilycenter.org

Directions:

1 block east of Calumet Ave.

Last updated on October 26, 2009