Our family caring for yours – a one-stop shop for families and residents living in Washington DC.
The Center, located at Community of Hope’s Conway Health and Resource Center, is one of eleven family success centers located in neighborhoods throughout Wards 5, 7, and 8 and operated by trusted community organizations.
| Monday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
The caring staff at the Bellevue Family Success Center stand ready to serve anyone from across the District who comes through our doors, with a special focus on our Bellevue neighbors.
Join Our Programs
The Bellevue Family Success Center offers intentional programming to connect community members to vital resources, empowering them to overcome challenges and achieve lasting success.
An interactive conversation where we highlight and explore the five protective factors and participate in activities that help caregivers explore their parenting and communication styles with their children.
A two-part program where families and individuals can come to begin their self-paced employment & housing search journey.
A parent led group focused on sharing knowledge on parenting and child development, increase parental resilience, and create supportive environments for parents.
Support & Assistance
Framework
- Parental Resilience
No one can eliminate stress from parenting, but a parent’s capacity for resilience can affect how a parent deals with stress. Resilience is the ability to manage and bounce back from all types of challenges that emerge in every family’s life. It means finding ways to
- Social Connections
Friends, family members, neighbors and community members provide emotional support, help solve problems, offer parenting advice and give concrete assistance to parents. Networks of support are essential to parents and also offer opportunities for people to “give back”, an important part of self- esteem as well as a benefit for the community. Isolated families may need extra help in reaching out to build positive relationships.
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Concrete Support in
Times of Need
Meeting basic economic needs like food, shelter, clothing and health care is essential for families to thrive. Likewise, when families encounter a crisis such as domestic violence, mental illness or substance abuse, adequate services and supports need to be in place to provide stability, treatment and help for family members to get through the crisis.
- Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
Accurate information about child development and appropriate expectations for children’s behavior at every age help parents see their children and youth in a positive light and promote their healthy development. Information can come from many sources, including family members as well as parent education classes and surfing the internet. Studies show information is most effective when it comes at the precise time parents need it to understand their own children. Parents who experienced harsh discipline or other negative childhood experiences may need extra help to change the parenting patterns they learned as children.
- Social and Emotional Competence of Children
A child or youth’s ability to interact positively with others, self-regulate their behavior and effec-
tively communicate their feelings has a positive impact on their relationships with their family, other adults, and peers. Challenging behaviors or delayed development create extra stress for families, so early identification and assistance for both parents and children can head off negative results and keep development on track.
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