Our Mission

The mission of the Center for Healthy Schools, Families and Communities is to ensure that children and youths grow up socially, emotionally, cognitively and behaviorally healthy. To this end, the Center works to promote school, homes, and communities that are safe and supportive of youths’ well-being. We accomplish this by providing training, consultation and resources as well as by conducting research.

Experience You Can Trust

CHSFC specializes in training, consultation, technical assistance and research. Our team, and its approach, is distinguished by characteristics that set us apart from other providers.

• Over 30 years experience conducting training and consultation in multiple settings
• Multidisciplinary, multicultural staff
• Affiliation with UMDNJ, the country’s largest health sciences university
• Innovative, evidence-based approaches
• Custom-tailored and packaged programs and services
• Nationally disseminated models
• Capacity to deliver services on- or off-site, in person or via the Web
• Ability to leverage funds to help you maintain long-term initiatives

Why is the Center for Healthy Schools, Families & Communities Well-Positioned to Guide You to Solutions?

CHSFC is a network of expert faculty and staff with extensive experience that bridges the programs, services and resources of University Behavioral Healthcare and other UMDNJ divisions who share the agenda of improving outcomes for children, families, schools, service organizations and communities:

Office of Prevention Services & Research
Social Problem Solving/Social Decision-Making
Child and Adolescent Services
Traumatic Loss Coalition
Violence Institute of NJ at UMDNJ-UBHC
AID-NJEA
Behavioral Research Training Institute