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GRAND FORKS – The Myra Foundation recently awarded The Village Family Service Center $3,525 in grant funding. The grant dollars will allow the nonprofit organization to purchase client furniture for its office in the Grand Cities Mall, as well as therapeutic supplies and storage for school-based mental health counselors. The Village provides mental health counseling services to children and adults [...]
FARGO – Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Village Family Service Center has received a $5,000 grant from the Alex Stern Family Foundation to defend the potential of youth in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Big Brothers Big Sisters matches kids ages 6 to 14 with volunteer “Bigs” who spend about four hours a month with their “Little,” either at the child’s school or doing activities in the community [...]
FARGO – The Village Family Service Center has achieved national accreditation again through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA). Organizations pursue accreditation to demonstrate the implementation of best practice standards in the field of human services. The Village, which offers mental health counseling, addiction treatment, and more, has been accredited since 1982. COA [...]
MINOT – More Minot residents will have access to mental health counseling thanks to grant funding from St. Joseph’s Community Health Foundation. On Monday, Nov. 15, the Foundation presented The Village Family Service Center with a check for $8,000 to help fund behavioral health services for uninsured and underinsured individuals. The Village also received $15,000 to provide counseling and [...]
FARGO – The Village Family Service Center’s Board of Directors announces that Kelly Olson, MS, LMFT, has been selected as The Village’s next Chief Executive Officer and President. She will be the first woman to serve as CEO in the organization’s 130-year history. Olson succeeds Jeff Pederson, who will retire effective Dec. 31. Pederson became The Village’s CEO in 2018. During his tenure, The [...]
FARGO – Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Village Family Service Center is proud to be recognized as a 2020 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) Quality Award Winner. Every year, the BBBSA Nationwide Leadership Council, made up of local Big Brothers Big Sisters agency leaders and board members, select agencies for excellence in the one-to-one mentoring program, which ignites the power and [...]
FARGO – The Village Family Service Center received a grant from the Hector Foundation to support behavioral health services for uninsured and underinsured adults in Fargo-Moorhead. This aligns with both organizations' shared vision of fostering well-being and resilience within the community. The mission of the Hector Foundation is to continue the Hector family legacy of giving by helping local [...]