OUR HISTORY

 E/BFSC is one of six neighborhood-based Collaboratives in the District of Columbia, which make up the city-wide Healthy Families, Thriving Communities Collaborative. 

E/BFSC has been in existence since 1996 when a partnership consisting of residents and neighborhood based organizations received a planning grant from the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA). The planning grant facilitated the development of a community based collaborative effort to design and implement a neighborhood based family support system. 

After a year of planning, E/BFSC opened its first Family Support Center in Brookland Manor in 1997 and began formally serving families. In 2001, E/BFSC expanded its programs and services to serve a broader geographic area within Ward 5. Currently, E/BFSC operates Family Support Centers in Brookland Manor and Carver/Langston.