Creating Change & Shaping Communities For Those In Need

We treat everyone with dignity and love, recognizing that such support is necessary for each of us to thrive. The National Center For Children and Families empowers communities to take care of the less fortunate in their midst, transforming and improving their quality of life.

Creating Change & Shaping Communities For

Those In Need
Creating Change & Shaping Communities For Those In Need

We treat everyone with dignity and love, recognizing that such support is necessary for each of us to thrive. The National Center For Children and Families empowers communities to take care of the less fortunate in their midst, transforming and improving their quality of life.

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What We Do & How

NCCF operates on four integrated pillars of service: community supports, education and training, volunteerism, and advocacy. Our programs provide comprehensive and tailored services that help children, youth, and families become confident and self-sufficient, leaving dependency, trauma, and poverty behind.

The resiliency of the children and families we serve continues to impress and encourage us.

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We serve nearly 50,000 vulnerable children, youth, and families each year in the D.C. Metro area. It is important that disconnected, abandoned, and impoverished youth experience positive adult investment so they may bridge the gap to healthy productive adulthood. We need your help.

NCCF offers opportunities to volunteer, donate, and attend community events. Explore the many ways you can get involved and give back.

FROM NCCF​

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Building a Village of Love with NCCF Foster Parents Kim and Coleman Jenkins

What does it truly mean to build a “village” for a child?  For National Center...
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Celebrating Wilhelmina Frederick and Her 25-Year Journey as a Foster Parent

This Black History Month, the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) is proud to...
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Honoring the 23-Year Foster Care Journey of Mark and Donna Leggett

This Black History Month, NCCF is proud to honor two pillars of our community: Mark...
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Celebrating Our Leaders: Lewis Askew’s Journey of Resilience and Giving Back

This Black History Month, we’re celebrating the incredible leaders who make the NCCF community strong....
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Preserving Childhood Is What We Do Best!

“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there...

AFFILIATIONS

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NCCF's Back to School Drive 2022