          
Contact Information:
1425 NW 10th Ave
Sieron Bldg, 3rd Flr
Miami, FL-33136
V - (305) 243-4592
F - (305) 243-5577
Email - Maria
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Mission
Statement
The sole purpose of the UM Family for Families is to protect our
children's natural habitat. This group of prominent local community volunteers will
support the Center for Family Studies as it promotes community awareness, develops
programs for troubled youth, acts as a conduit to different advocacy agencies and promotes
fund-raising activities. Monies raised will be used to expand the research, training and
services of the Center for Family Studies in our community.
The Center for Family Studies views the individual as integrally related to her/his
social and cultural fabric. The natural environment or habitat of our children is
comprised of their families, schools, friends, communities, religious communities, and the
cultural messages that they receive from those each of these groups as well as from the
larger society. The Center's mission is to study the natural habitat, or repair it
once damage has occurred. Because the poor do not have the material resources to
protect themselves, they are often at increased risk.
Since its establishment in 1972 as the Spanish Family Guidance Center, thousands of
minority families have been served, and hundreds of professionals have learned the
intricacies of supporting and repairing troubled families, at the Center for Family
Studies. Our focus on families are the most immediate and influential aspect of the
natural habitat of children, and when children are troubled, families may comprise
children's greatest resource.
The Center for Family Studies is considered the nation's foremost program of
minority family intervention research. The Center has won honors and distinctions
from, among others, the National Institutes of Health, the American Psychological
Association, the Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, The Rosalynn Carter
Caregiving Institute, the Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals, and the
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Service Organizations (COSSMHO).
Founding Board Members
Chairperson:
Katherine Fernandez-Rundle
Dade County State Attorney
Other Board Members:
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Physician, Author, Sportscaster
Leonard Turkel
1st Vice Chairman, St. John Community Development Corporation
Ray Rodriguez
President and CEO, Univision Network
George Sweeney
Joe Natoli
President, The Miami Herald / El Nuevo Herald
Janet McAliley
Former School Board Member
For more information, please contact Dr. Bernado Benes at (305) 243-2745. |
