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Family Support Center of Washington County, Utah

The Family Support Center of Washington County, Utah is a crisis nursery and child respite drop-in center. The Family Support Center is a child-abuse/neglect prevention program for caregivers to utilize in times where there is a risk to abuse or neglect of the children they provide care for. The Center accepts children ages 0 through 11 years old and provides crisis care and respite care at no cost to the caregivers or families.

Mission: The mission of the Family Support Center of Washington County is to support families through education, respite care, and crisis intervention. By using a family focused approach to prevent child abuse and neglect, we can protect the child while offering support services to help strengthen families. As the community and the agencies within it come together in a common goal, our children, our nation’s future, will thrive.

The Executive Director of the Family Support Center of Washington County is Roger L. Nelson, L.C.S.W.

Roger, along with his wife, Chris Nelson, began the process to bring the Family Support Center into existence in 2007. Both Roger and Chris are social workers and have spent their whole careers in the social work field. Neither had been business owners previously but saw a need in their community, in the Southwest Utah hamlet of St. George City, and opened the Center's doors on January 1, 2009. The Family Support Center serves around 200 families a month. The Family Support Center is a non-profit organization that is funded entirely by grants and donations.