Financial
This website was made possible by grant #90-CO-0957 from the Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded to United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, Inc. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views or policies of the funding agency. Posting does not in any way constitute an endorsement by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF programs aim to achieve the following:
- Families and individuals empowered to increase their own economic independence and productivity;
- Strong, healthy, supportive communities that have a positive impact on the quality of life and the development of children;
- Partnerships with individuals, front-line service providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities, states, and Congress that enable solutions which transcend traditional agency boundaries;
- Services planned, reformed, and integrated to improve needed access;
- and a strong commitment to working with people with developmental disabilities, refugees, and migrants to address their needs, strengths, and abilities.
UMFS (United Methodist Family Services)
The goal of UMFS has always been ambitious – to provide a broad spectrum of human services to enable children and families to realize their hopes for the future. Touch a life, create a future is a principle that guides our every action – and it comes as much from our hearts as it does our expertise.
UMFS provides a broad range of services for children and families including:
- Residential treatment,
- Sexually Reactive Males residential treatment,
- In-home counseling,
- Treatment Foster Care,
- Adoption,
- Therapeutic Day School, and
- Volunteering.
