Over the decades, our leadership brought various organizations together and our name changed several times through mergers and evolving services. In 2004, a landmark merger brought Family Services of Tidewater, headquartered in Norfolk, and Child & Family Services, headquartered in Portsmouth, together to form Child & Family Services of Eastern Virginia. In 2008, we changed our name to The Up Center.
Today, we continue the work of our predecessors by responding to the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, families and individuals. And we continue to evolve to meet emerging and unmet needs, including mental health counseling, substance use counseling, counseling for veterans and military families, and service delivery through telehealth.
Our mission: We are committed to partnering with children, families, and communities to improve lives and outcomes through prevention, intervention, and support services.
Through innovative services and community collaboration we build strong families. By promoting equitable access and opportunity for all families we create the foundation of a resilient, flourishing community. Our trauma-informed, equity-driven programs meet the diverse needs of our community, including:
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Counseling and mental health skill-building
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Early childhood education and youth mentoring
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Foster care
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Financial and housing education and counseling
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Disability Services.
