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Family Connections, Inc.

Where Hope Meets Possibility

East Orange, NJ   |  www.familyconnectionsnj.org

Mission

Growth happens here every day. With our counseling, skills-building, training and prevention services, people take control of their own healing and foster connections that make our entire community stronger, safer, and healthier.

Ruling year info

1970

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Jacques Hryshko

Main address

7 Glenwood Ave # 101

East Orange, NJ 07017 USA

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EIN

22-1865826

NTEE code info

Family Counseling, Marriage Counseling (P46)

Neighborhood Center, Settlement House (P28)

Community Mental Health Center (F32)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Far too many people and families in our communities struggle with serious challenges—from trauma and mental illness to addiction, domestic violence and child abuse. Since 1879, Family Connections has been here to make sure that no one faces these challenges alone.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Family Connections

Family Connections is a leading New Jersey non-profit that supports children, adults, and families facing many of life’s toughest challenges. We change lives with a wide range of programs to counter trauma, mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, child abuse, and more.

Population(s) Served
Families
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We see a world where no one faces life’s challenges alone—where we all have the opportunities, connections, and resources we need to thrive.

Family Connections delivers a wide range of services across Northern New Jersey, including counseling, social and emotional skills-building, prevention and training initiatives, programs to strengthen family bonding and reunify families, and more.

Our highly trained staff bring their expertise, big hearts, and commitment to excellence to work every day—not only in our offices, but on-site in schools and directly in the home. Our cutting-edge programs ensure that families thrive and that thousands of mothers, fathers, veterans, seniors, and others can heal and succeed in school, work, and life.

Family Connections has been in operation since 1879, providing families with the support they need to face all of lives challenges. We have become experts in the field of trauma and run high-quality, outcome-oriented programs and are well known in Northern New Jersey as the best of the best in program delivery.

What we do really works. We rigorously track data across programs, so we know that we increase social and coping skills, school success, and employability, while decreasing child abuse, drug abuse, gang involvement, and crime.

In addition to overcoming immediate obstacles, our clients develop social and emotional skills that equip them with smart, effective ways to approach future challenges. We motivate people to advance their education, achieve stable employment, and build healthy relationships—all of which drive positive change in their lives and in our communities. Our programs save money by preventing the need for severe and costly interventions in the future. Every dollar invested in our services today saves taxpayers nearly fifty dollars down the road.

Click on the link to view specific outcomes: https://www.familyconnectionsnj.org/our-approach/our-results/

What's next for Family Connections is to continue to expand our services in order to provide increased supports to families in Northern NJ, in addition to expanding the service delivery areas of our programs.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • Who are the people you serve with your mission?

    Every other year Family Connections' Quality Insurance team surveys clients as a whole, in addition to multiple focus groups of clients to collect more specific feedback.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Family Connections has gotten feedback from clients on our lack of outreach to the communities we serve on our various programs. We've heard our clients and gotten on multiple social media channels, we've increased our outreach on the community level and our putting together a budget for marketing our services.

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Family Connections, Inc.

Board of directors
as of 07/29/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Braden Schipke

Jody Lipsky

Jacqueline Breslauer

Susan Gilbert Cohen

Cathy Coloff

Felicia Fdyfil-Horne

John Feldman

Mary Grace Finn

Alan Levine

Joan McGeough

Braden Schipke

Marie McGehee

Saryu Patel

Allan Tananbaum

Jami Thall

William Kelly

Marsha Atkind

Daryl Epstein

Carl Feinberg

Autumn Finney

Patti Kent

Karyn Miller

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 7/29/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 07/29/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.