United Family Services' mission is to inspire individuals, families and communities to find solutions that create a better future. We do this through a variety of programs and service areas:

Counseling & Education
»  Individual, marital and family counseling
» Anger management support groups
» Partners In Parenting court-mandated education program
» Employee Assistance

Crisis Intervention & Advocacy
» 24-hour hotlines for victims of sexual assault
» 24-hour hospital accompaniment for victims of sexual assault
» Accompaniment to police interviews or meetings with district attorney
» Advocacy within the criminal court system
» Assistance to youth investigators in interviewing child victims 
» Assistance with victim compensation applications 
» Child abuse prevention education 
» Counseling for children who have been sexually abused and their families 
» Counseling for children who have witnessed violence 
» Crisis intervention and short-term counseling for victims of violent crime 
» Educational presentations on victimization and prevention 
» Grief counseling following a homicide 
» Post-traumatic stress debriefings for groups affected by violence 
» Support groups for teens and adult women who have been sexually assaulted 
» Training on issues of victimization and response to victims
» Tree House Children's Advocacy Center 
           
Domestic Violence Services
» 24-hour emergency room response at Carolinas Medical Center
» 24-hour emergency shelter in secure and confidential location 
» 24-hour hotline
» Counseling for women (and their children) who have experienced intimate  
partner violence
» Counseling for incarcerated women who have experienced intimate partner violence
» Court accompaniment and assistance with filing protective orders
» Support groups 
» Heart To Heart teen theatre (in partnership with The Children's Theater of Charlotte)

Economic Independence
» Budgeting and money management education and planning
» Debt Management Program
» Mortgage delinquency/Loss mitigation/Default resolution
» Pre/post rental counseling
» Pre-purchase homeownership counseling
» Post-purchase homeownership counseling
» Rental delinquency
» Reverse equity mortgage counseling

Resources
UFS Services brochure - English
UFS Services brochure - Spanish