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Hard Work Pays Off
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney Joshua Yates was hired as a seasonal sales associate for Disney in Times Square in October 2019. He knew that there was a possibility that if he did well, he could be kept on as a...
Words are Powerful Ways to Giveback
CFS Strong Island Voices worked together to hold the 3rd Annual Giveback Letter Writing event this month. The advocacy group participated in the "The Happy Mail Program". The Happy Mail Program ensures each letter will be given to an elderly person living in a...
Situational Therapy
Mark grew up having many restrictions placed on his abilities to independently participate within his community. As a result, Mark feels his social and communications skills were affected. Since April 2016, Mark has received community-based Behavioral supports through...
CFS DBT Group’s Recent Outing to Harry Belafonte-115th Street Library
The Center for Family Support DBT Group had a blast at Harry Belafonte-115th Street Library. After a mini lecture on abstract art and artists they made their own abstract pieces! The group then made their way to lunch at Olive Garden in Harlem. Below are a few...
Connecting Marion With Her Family
In December a Personal Outcome Measure interview was conducted with Marion. Marion expressed that she loves living in her current home and has lived there for twenty years with CFS supports. Marion is a sweet caring woman. She enjoys singing and dancing and being in...
Happy 60th Birthday Barbara!
Barbara Vanzile, who resides in our Elmwood Park group home, celebrated her 60th Birthday on December 23, 2018. Barbara moved into this home in May of 2004 and has loved the family she has been a part of and the many other relationships she has formed since that time....
Dedication to Service – Chandler Johnson
Chandler Johnson has been volunteering at the Mid-Manhattan Library located at 40th St. and Fifth Ave. for about nine years. Chandler is currently volunteering at 53rd Street Library twice weekly since the beginning of this year. When Chandler was interviewed for the...
Todd Ranson from Ravine Drive Supervised Apartment is Turning 60…
Todd was born June 13, 1958, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey. He is the son of Edoma and Jeanette Ranson, and he is the youngest of his sisters Joan and Carol and his brother Ed. His mother was born in St. Alban Vermont in 1923. Early in life, she...
On Mother’s Day A Mother and Daughter Focus On Happiness
Five years ago, Veronica Martinez and her daughter, Jackie Garcia, were living in a small, crowded apartment in a neighborhood in the Bronx. The Center for Family Support (CFS) advocated for Veronica and Jackie and today their life is vastly improved. “CFS has...
A CFS Family Picnic Means Fun, Games and More
With what has seemed like endless winter, a ray of sunshine and a mild day brings thoughts of all those activities we live for: long walks, sitting on the deck, picnics. And perhaps a new friendship, or even romance. Six years ago, Boyd of Brooklyn and Alexis of...