Neighborhood Youth & Family Counseling of Richardson

OUR MISSION

To provide quality, affordable, and professional counseling, victim's advocacy, and intervention services to individuals, couples, families, and organizations in the Richardson community.

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SERVICES

NYFC provides a variety of services that fall into 3 categories: Youth Programs, Victims' Assistance Program and Community Counseling. Under a contract with the City of Richardson, and with the support of other grant awards, NYFC can provide many services at affordable rates. Our fees are based on a sliding scale, determined by household income. Some clients qualify for free services under our Victims' Assistance Program.

Youth Programs - NYFC provides several programs for young people, such as our First Offender Program, Alcohol Awareness Program and Tobacco Cessation and Awareness classes. NYFC recently added services to address bullying, including support services to victims of bullying and inetervention services to youth identified as the aggressor.

Victims' Assistance - through a partnership with the Richardson Police Department, NYFC provides services to Victims of Crime and individuals and families in crisis. Advocates remain on-cal 24/7 and can respond to provide crisis intervention services, at the request of the Richardson Police Department.

Counseling Services - NYFC's staff consists of experienced Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Masters of Social Work. We maintain a diverse staff capable of working with clients of all ages on a wide variety of issues.

Other Services:

Participant in City of Richardson's Employee Assistance Program - NYFC serves as the mental health services provider for C ity of Richardson employees and their covered family members.The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a resource to assist employees and their families in handling personal or work related stressors.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) - NYFC provides a supportive and administrative role to Richardson Police Department's peer support team and CISM program. The purpose of this program is to provide a proactive approach to assisting emergency service personnel in managing stress that may result from involvement in a critical incident. NYFC also can provide critical incident stress management services at reasonable rates to other local companies and organizations that after experiencing a traumatic event, such as a crime, robbery, death, or fatal accident on the job.