Riviera Beach Family Resource Center
1901 Broadway
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Phone: 561- 840-1888
Fax: 561- 840-9009

The Mission of the Riviera Beach Family Resource Center, Inc. is to identify the needs of the community and provide support and empowerment services; to improve the quality of life for families and others in the community.
The Riviera Beach Family Resource Center provides supportive services to children and families with a goal of empowering them through education and training.  Specifically, we target community members living on limited incomes, minorities, women, children and families who need our support.  We provide youth educational and enrichment activities, financial management, home improvement workshops and parenting classes as a part of our program. Services are provided free of charge thanks to the funding from Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County.

The Center recently held it 5th annual Multicultural Event on May 10, 2008.
The Event Titles “Bringing All People Together” celebrates the cultural diversity within our communities. There was live music, ethnic food, local exhibitors, social services agencies, prize drawings, story telling, face painting, praises dancing, a bounce house and other great children’s activities.

The Center currently collaborates/partners with the City of Riviera Beach, St. George’s School, MLK Palm Beach County Committee, YWCA “Y - Girls” Program, Teen Time, New Beginning Beacon Center (JFK Site), Sickle Cell Foundation Women’s Health Initiative, ADL Anti-Defamation League, Palm Beach County School District African American Studies, Palm Beach County School District Student Intervention Services, Palm Tran, and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as a ACCESS Community Partner Agency.

 
Upcoming Events
Career Planning; How to Start Your Own Business
Creative Decorating
Credit Repair
Social Security Benefits
Health and Nutrition
Stress Management
Youth Enrichment Activities, which include Poetry and self express writing workshops
“We Can Work Together” workshops that focus on team building non-violence and deterring bullying, newsletter design, writing and desk top publishing.

Vision
“To ensure excellence in providing family empowerment services which promote better community outcomes.”   - Carolyn Morrison, Executive Director
Carolyn Morrison, Executive Director has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Carolyn is currently the Treasurer of the Healthy Start Coalition Board.  She is a former Healthy Start Coalition Health Planner and Contract Manager. .  She has also served as Chairperson of the Needs Assessment Committee of the Palm Beach County HIV CARE Council.  Carolyn serves on several community organizations including the Riviera Beach Police Advisory Board (past chairperson) and the West Palm Beach chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc, where she served as Immediate Past President, treasurer, secretary and youth group coordinator.

 
Volunteers in Action
The volunteers at the Resource Center are vital to the organization. They help organize the multicultural event, tutor students, facilitate workshops, serve on the Board of Directors, publish the Newsletter as well participate in empowerment workshops.

The volunteer range in age from pre-teens to senior citizens all working together for a common goal serving the community.  

 
Volunteers Highlighted
Clementine Butler is a retired social worker who believes volunteering is the best way to get involved in the community. She has been a member of the RBFRC Board of Director since 2001 and is currently the Board’s President.  Ms. Butler also tutors students in our homework assistants program, coordinates the entertainment for our Multicultural event and serves as its Mistress of Ceremonies. “I  enjoy being on the Board and working with the RBFRC staff and people in the community with home buying workshops, budgeting and community resource information.”

Samantha Collins Johnson is the RBFRC “Source” Newsletter Youth Editor-In- Chief, design and layout person. Samantha has been a volunteer with the Center since 2003 and has volunteered more than 500 hours. “My life has been impacted in a positive way through the Youth Enrichment Programs. I have advanced my computer skills, socialization skills, written and oral communication skills. I am gaining knowledge on building healthier and safer relationships and team work. I also have opportunities to give back to my community.”

Riviera Beach Family Resource Center “Supporting families and empowering our communities… one family at a time!”

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