Welcome to the Family and Community Resource Center
Thank you for visiting our online resource. The Family and Community Resource Center (FCRC) has assisted troubled families in McLean County since 2004. All of our services are free and available to the public. We hope you will find the information on this site useful in the event you or someone you know is searching for help. To learn more about our goals and services, please visit the About FCRC page.
Mission Statement
To educate the community on matters that are important to the preservation of families. We promote cultural sensitivity and develop policies that will effectively maintain wholeness and respect for families.
Editorial
As
a local Pastor for more than twenty years, I have been fortunate enough to
develop a trusting relationship with many people in Bloomington and throughout
McLean County. As a result, I have been able to provide residents
positive guidance concerning personal issues, even during turbulent times. I
have, on many occasions, been called upon to counsel families in crisis,
including those victimized by domestic violence and other abuses that threaten
to destroy the very essence of the family. I have undertaken such
challenges only following deep thought and reflection.
Far too often, domestic
violence affecting children, now characterized as child abuse, results in
the children being removed from the home and placed in foster care. Many of these children are moved from home to home
and, consequently, are less likely to excel in education in particular and
life in general. This less than desirable consequence is obviously
devastating to any family and must be avoided.
Therefore, as President of
the Board of Directors for Family and Community Resource Center, I am proud
of our partnership with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. We
plan to work to improve the relationship between DCFS and our residents
who need DCFS services here in Bloomington and to concentrate on client
enrichment through the utilization of available DCFS resources and services;
facilitate access to programs and services; and to encourage domestic violence
awareness and prevention.
Rev. Frank L. McSwain, Sr.
President/ CEO
Family and Community Resource Center
Bloomington, IL. 61701