Darrington Family Support & Resource Center

Darrington Family Support and Resource Center supports the residents of Darrington and the surrounding rural community.

The Darrington Family Support and Resource Center strengthens families and helps build a healthy community through individual and family support services, interactive parenting programs, community-building events, youth programs, leadership development and personal empowerment.  The Darrington Family Support and Resource Center serves as the primary connection to social services for and isolated rural community affected by long-term unemployment. Collaborating Agencies         The Darrington Family Support and Resource Center works in partnership with a number of other agancies to deliver services including: - Darrington School District - Compass Health - Snohomish County - Kid's Place - Housing Hope - Lutheran Community Services - The Community Leveraging Team (CLT) - Volunteers Of America Principal funding is provided by Snohomish County, the United Way of Snohomish County, the Whitehorse Foundation, private foundations and individual donors.

What we do   - Increase parenting and family management skills. - Improve parent-child interaction. - Increase knowledge and use of effective communication and conflict-resolution skills. - Leadership develpoment and community involvement. - Increase knowledge and use of community resources. - Decrease social isolation.                                   Extra Support - Basic needs, such as food, clothing, housing, energy or prescription assistance. - Information on health, nutrition and safety. - Family-oriented recreational activities.                             Parent Support     Parenting classes bring together parents and children in educationla activities that encourage development of positive healthy relationships, while weekly support groups give parents an opportunity to not only share concerns and solutions, but also celebrate life events.                                    Youth Programs     An on-site youth center gives local adolescents a safe place to engage in recreational activities with their peers after school, do homework at several public-access computer stations, or just "hang out."  Tutoring services, field trips, dances, late night activities and other special events also provide teens and pre-teens with opportunities to gather together in a supervised, alcohol and drug free setting.  Other youth services at Darrington include self-esteem workshops, mentoring, arts and craft projects, and classes in job and life skills.