Provides adults and families with the resources, support, and wrap-around services needed to help ensure they are safe, stable, and have their critical social, emotional, and economic needs met.

A key component in our family services is the United Way EDEN Place Family Resource Center powered by OYC Miami. The United Way EDEN Place (Educate. Develop. Empower. Nurture.) Program is an optional, educational Family Resource Center that provides free, comprehensive services to parents and/or caregivers to help them better understand their children’s schooling and broader development, connects them to resources and empowers them to advocate for their children’s future success.

Services include:

  • Monthly Parent workshops/meetings focused on topics such as positive parenting, health/wellness, financial sustainability, and academic supports
  • One-to-one assistance
  • School advocacy
  • Family coaching
  • Parenting strategies and skills
  • Child behavior support
  • Social skills training
  • Application assistance
  • Health insurance enrollment
  • Food distribution
  • Employment assistance/job placement and success coaching to eligible adults
  • Information and referrals to access community resources

One of the core components of the OYC Miami’s Family Services Department is to promote parent involvement for OYC families. Examples of parent involvement include:

  • Providing adequate homework space at home
  • Engaging in regular communication with teachers
  • Empowering parents to have a voice in school (PTA)
  • Volunteering at school
  • Supporting child’s extracurricular activities
  • Encouraging parents to establish boundaries for their child (curfew, homework completion)
  • Promoting household cleanliness and safety
  • Providing strategies for stress management and coaching through conflict resolution

In addition, OYC Miami staff aim to build partnerships with parents/caregivers in order to:

  • Foster non-judgmental relationships that are based on mutual trust and respect
  • Help extend supervision, monitoring, and support for the student
  • Encourage implementation of OYC Standards in the home setting