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Our Mission
What We Do

For more than 80 years, Family & Children’s Agency (FCA) has been helping individuals and families throughout Fairfield County and beyond to realize life’s possibilities. We increase our client’s social and emotional well-being by providing strength-based, solution-focused services for every stage of life. 

Our work: 

  • Supports children through after-school and summer programming, foster care, and intensive psychiatric services 
  • Builds families through parenting education, family guidance, and adoption 
  • Stabilizes adults with mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, and homelessness prevention
  • Cares for seniors by providing homemakers and companions and social work services 
Mission

Building better lives and strengthening our community by providing essential human services to children, families, adults, and seniors.

Vision

A thriving community of empowered individuals and healthy families.

Values

Professionalism, Integrity & Excellence 

We operate all facets of the Agency in an ethical and professional manner with a highly committed and passionate staff delivering services of superior quality. 

Proactive Approach to Meeting Community Needs 

We anticipate and act upon community and client needs and develop or enhance services to reflect the needs in the communities we serve. We maintain flexibility to creatively respond to challenges and opportunities. 

Strength-Based, Solution Focused Services 

We use a strength-based, outcome driven approach in our work that regards each client as a person in need of support and guidance and identifies their inner strengths to successfully overcome challenges. Using nationally recognized standards to guide our work with clients, we are committed to providing services in an environment that is safe and accessible to all. 

Support Diversity & Promote Equity & Inclusion 

We believe that an equitable and inclusive organizational culture strengthens our understanding of the communities' needs and enhances the impact of the organization. We seek to intentionally create and maintain a culture that is equitable and inclusive for our clients and employees who come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. People seeking services will be served regardless of their immigration status. 

Testimonials
“ My home aid is wonderful, kind, loving, and makes me feel like family. She is a beautiful person. ”
— Senior Services client
“I’m very grateful for FCA. If I didn’t start FCA I wouldn’t be the person I am today.”
— Project REWARD client
“I give thanks to all the staff for all of their help given to me in difficult times, each one of them with different pieces of advice that serve me today. Don’t cease to exist. There are many young people that need a push to keep going on their journey. ”
— Child & Family Development client
“ The most rewarding part about being a foster parent is caring for the kids because I believe in stability, structure, and consistency. ”
— Foster parent
“My daughter has received many helpful ways to improve her relationships with friends and navigate the challenges of middle school. ”
— IICAPS client
“FCA makes us feel welcome. [They have] a community of therapists that really care about helping others.”
— Behavioral Health client