Adopt-A-Family recently celebrated eleven fifth grade students who graduated from our Project Grow afterschool program and will be moving on to middle school in the fall. The beautiful May evening started with a graduation ceremony, where students heard wise words from Adopt-A-Family CEO Matt Constantine, Lake Worth Middle School Principal Caelethia Taylor, Youth Success Program … Project Grow Graduation: <br>Class of 2025
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At Adopt-A-Family (AAF), we know that housing insecurity and homelessness can cause and exacerbate mental health challenges. The families that come through our doors have all experienced the stress of housing instability, and often they have experienced multiple additional traumas that impact their mental well-being. Joan Keiffer, AAF’s in-house … Mental Health Awareness Month
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our 2024-25 Literacy AmeriCorps members for Project Grow, Ayanna Hendricks (left) and Gaby Barber (right). Throughout the school year, they will work individually with the elementary school students enrolled in Project Grow’s afterschool program, providing the children with one-on-one reading sessions. Ayanna and Gaby will work on identifying … Welcome, 2024-25 Literacy AmeriCorps Members!
As part of our mission to provide stability to local families with children, Adopt-A-Family is dedicated to equipping the students we serve for success in school, particularly at the start of each new school year. We are grateful that our community of supporters shares this vision and regularly provides tangible assistance to students across all … Thank You for Equipping Agency Students for the 2024-25 School Year!
Adopt-A-Family’s onsite therapist Joan Kieffer (pictured above) is a Licensed Clinical Therapist with over 30 years of experience. She conducts individual, family, as well as group therapy sessions. Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches is helping to break the cycle of family homelessness by eliminating barriers that often prevent clients with mental health challenges from getting … May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Project Grow’s Inaugural Graduation Celebration  A formal celebration of Project Grow’s graduates has been on Adopt-A-Family’s wish list for years, and on May 16, the agency hosted its inaugural Project Grow Graduation. The ceremony was designed to celebrate the achievements of the program’s fifth grade students as they transition out of the program, out … Project Grow Graduation