My how time flies when you are helping families! From 1977-1979, a small group of women wanted to do something to address keeping children safe in Bowling Green and surrounding counties. In an effort to do that, a grant was written to form a crisis drop-in nursery called Wee Care. Little did they know, Wee Care Childcare Center would be the safe place for hundreds of children over the years and continues still today! We have grown from a one-room classroom to being able to serve 49 children with early childhood education services at an affordable rate.
We have come a long way in the past 40 years, but we have a long way to go. Kentucky recently ranked #1 in the nation for child abuse. We are nearly double the national average with 22.1 children per 1,000 being abused or neglected. Number one in basketball is fine, but we think you will agree that this ranking is not acceptable. We can do better than that for our children. Family Enrichment Center’s mission is to empower families and prevent child abuse. We offer many additional services that include Nurturing Parenting Classes, Parent Support Groups, Adoption Support Services, Recruit Foster/Adoptive Families, Parents as Teachers (Little Learners Program), Supervised Visitation Services, Safe Spots, and Community Education and Outreach surrounding child abuse prevention. Our goal is to promote healthy family functioning, increase public awareness, and provide knowledge and sensitivity surrounding child abuse so that we can help families be the best they can be. Our children need your help. There are many ways you can support great families by partnering with us!
Family Enrichment Center wishes to express our sincere appreciation to our board members and employees, both past and present, for their loyal support as we celebrate our 40th year of service to South Central Kentucky. When we were incorporated all those years ago, no one could foresee our growth or the impact our services would have on families in our community. We could not have come this far without the loyal support and hard work of many people over the years, as well as the support from our wonderful community. We know that if people understand the problem, they will help us work towards making families great, for our children’s sake!
For more information about Family Enrichment Center, Inc., visit our website at www.FamilyEnrichmentCenter.com or call 270-781-6714.
