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Family Support Center provides youth-support services outside of the school community that responds to the needs of young people and empowers them with the tools necessary to overcome obstacles and create opportunities for enrichment and success.

Individual and Family Counseling Services
Family Support Center's licensed professional social workers, counselors, and therapists offer services for individuals and families. Our professionals are available for counseling service at the Family Support Center office in Bethesda.

Social Empowerment Groups
Family Support Center professionals provide expert facilitation in our support and skill-building empowerment groups. Our groups allow young people to build the practical coping and social skills necessary to thrive in a stressful and complex world. All groups are held at the Family Support Center in Bethesda.

Drawing The Line On Under-21 Alcohol Use
Drawing The Line On Underage Alcohol Use (DTL) is a project of the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration, Montgomery County Health and Human Services, and Family Support Center.

This county-wide (Montgomery County, MD) program focuses on reducing adolescent access to alcohol and on promoting the message that underage drinking is illegal, unhealthy, and unacceptable.

DTL combines education, activities, resources, and prevention education to forward the mission of changing the public's perception regarding underage (under 21) alcohol use.

This is achieved through:

Educational programs for schools and communities,
Healthy leisure time activities for adolescents and their communities,
Legislative change regarding underage alcohol use, and
Enforcement of the laws.

S.I.S.T.E.R.S.
Family Support Center's award-winning S.I.S.T.E.R.S. (Self-Image, Strength, Tenacity, Empathy, Responsibility and Success) program is an after school, comprehensive, holistic empowerment approach to working with young women in their school environment.

Our program provides outreach, education, and peer mentoring for preadolescent and adolescent girls attending middle and high schools in the Washington metropolitan area.

With strong, positive mentoring; highly structured life-skills training; leadership opportunities; and constructive coping strategies education and practice, our young women can not only recognize and overcome potential trouble, but can also thrive and become contributing citizens in their own communities.

H.E.R.M.A.N.A.S.
Through H.E.R.M.A.N.A.S. (Hermanadad, Empatia, Responsabilidad, Madurez, Amistad, Nobleza, Amor, Sabiduria), Latina girls will experience the proven benefits of the Family Support Center's S.I.S.T.E.R.S. program in a culturally snesitive program led by a bilingual and bicultural female leader.

This experience of mentoring, nurturing, prevention education, and support for educational success, while maintaining respect for cultural pride, traditions and celebrations will prove to ensure a positive atmosphere in which these girls can thrive.

Lil' S.I.S.T.E.R.S.
This program targets elementary school girls who are having trouble in both social and academic arenas. Lil' S.I.S.T.E.R.S. contains all of the elements of S.I.S.T.E.R.S. while the issues and topics are adapted for elementary school age students.

BOYZ INC.
BOYZ INC. is a holistic, empowerment approach to working with young men in the school environment. BOYZ INC. uses a "pillars of strength" approach to working with young men incorporating character development, exploring realistic images of success while challenging popular culture, and addressing common risk-factors that impede success, with an academic and prevention education focus.

Our program provides outreach, education, and peer mentoring for preadolescent and adolescent boys attending middle and high schools in the Washington metropolitan area.

BOYZ INC. provides school communities with a supportive, preventative strategy that will empower students to increase their ability to avoid and resolve conflicts successfully, appreciate and understand the consequences of risk-taking behavior, re-engage with their school community and improve attendance and performance.

We know that with with strong, positive mentoring; highly structured life-skills training; leadership opportunities; and constructive coping strategies education and practice, our young men can not only recognize and overcome potential trouble, but can also thrive and become contributing citizens in their own communities.