1908
Social Service League becomes first private
social service agency in Montgomery County,
Maryland
1911
Professional staff begins with hiring
of nurse as "friendly visitor for
the sick," pioneering tuberculosis
control and physical exams in schools
1930s
League personnel train social workers
from University of Maryland and Catholic
University
1942 League
is founding member of Montgomery County
Community Chest and Counsel
1959 League
changes name to Family Services, Agency;
wins first Margaret E. Rich Award for
social action on behalf of families
1960s
Agency Provides family counseling services
with social work staff
1970s
With State funds, Agency starts first
County psycho-social rehabilitation program
for severally mentally ill people
Develops first Employee Assistance Program,
opens Montgomery House
1971
The Montgomery County Health
Fund is merged into Family Services
1978
Family Services develops the first
Employee Assistance Program used by the
national Family Service Association of
America as model for their national contract
with Xerox
1980s
Agency is awarded only County contract
by State Juvenile Services Administration
for innovative outreach services to multi-delinquent
youth on probation
According to US Census Bureau, voters
in Montgomery County's 8th congressional
district are the wealthiest and best educated
of the country's 435 congressional districts
1986 City
of Rockville awards a community service
block grant to Family Services for the
Service for Seniors program
1989
"Partners in Caring" program
for at-risk children begins at Summit
Hall Elementary School with funding from
City of Gaithersburg and Clark Winchole
Foundation
1990 Organization
changes name to Family Services Agency,
Inc. (FSAI)
1995 FSAI received
funding to open first certified Healthy
Families site in Maryland using national
model
1996 Agency
is awarded Head Start funding to implement
Early Head Start program in up-county
area serving children from birth to 3
years old
1998
FSAI affiliates with Sheppard and
Enoch Pratt Foundation
2000 Child
Development Center opens to provide onsite
services to Early Head Start Families
2002 FSAI
dedicates Multi-Service Center for Children
and Families
2004 Group
expands services to include neo-natal
screenings at Shady Grove and Holy Cross
Hospitals, family preservation, and enhanced
bi-lingual services
2007 FSAI's
Parent Leadership Institute (PLI) is nationally
recognized by U.S. Department of Education
2008
County-wide Healthy Families Montgomery
program releases 11-year study finding
reductions in child abuse and neglect
through home visiting services
Organization changes name to Family Services,
Inc. (FSI)
Organization celebrates 100th anniversary
2009 Family
Services, Inc. is awarded a $1.4 million
HUD grant to rehabilitate homes for people
with mental illness
Watch Me Grow, a program of Family Services,
Inc., becomes first child development
center to open in Clarksburg, MD
Montgomery Station marked its 30th anniversary
of offering psychiatric rehabilitation
services, including residential and vocational
programs, to the Montgomery County community
Family Services, Inc. partners with Montgomery
County Department of Health and Human
Services, Impact Silver Spring, Interfaith
Works, and the City of Gaithersburg to
open the first Neighborhood Service Center.
The center provides assistance in applying
for basic need services, such as food,
shelter, clothing, health and mental health
care
Montgomery Station becomes first psychiatric
rehabilitation program to be CARF (Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
accredited in Montgomery County, MD
Early Head Start receives $1.7 million
to expand school readiness and child development
program, allowing EHS to serve 72 additional
infants, toddlers and pregnant women in
northern Montgomery County, MD
2010 The
HSC Foundation awards Family Services,
Inc. a grant for $11,000 for the Life
Enrichment Awards Program (LEAP). The
purpose of LEAP is to enrich the lives
of youth and young adults with disabilities
and chronic illness and provide goods
and services directly linked to youth
transition planning and implementation
