About Gulf Coast Family Center, formerly Exchange Club Family Center

• Private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation
• All donations are tax deductible
• Established in July, 1991 by the Exchange Club of Mobile
• Opened second office in Robertsdale in 2017
• Two emphases:
  * Prevention of child abuse and neglect
  * Stressing the importance of both parents in children’s lives
• Healthy Start program taught at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital to new parents
• Only non-profit supervised visitation sites south of Birmingham and open to all US residents
• Monitored exchanges of children offered at the Mobile and Robertsdale office free of charge thanks to funding provided by Alabama Office of the Courts
• Serving approximately 6,000 individuals each year
• All staff are mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect
• We accept voluntary participants and those referred by the courts and by DHR
• Speakers available to visit your group and explain our services and child abuse prevention (honorariums appreciated)
• Services offered for nominal fees, dependent on funding

The Family Center Staff

Michon Trent, LICSW, PIP, Executive Director

 

Danyele Schmidt, B.A., Director of Programs

 

Mobile County Office
3100 Cottage Hill Road, Building 2, Suite 202, Mobile, AL 36606
Phone: 251-479-5700

Ashley Newsome, B.S., Healthy Start Facilitator & Parent Network Facilitator

 

 

 

Whitney Cannedy, LBSW, Family Time Program Coordinator (Mobile and Baldwin County)                                           

 

 

Tiffinie Chase, B.A., Education and Training Coordinator – A-Reset Program (Mobile Office)                        

 

 

Briana Davis, Healthy Start and Parent Network Class Facilitator

 

 

Baldwin County Office
22671 AL St. Hwy. 59 South, Robertsdale, AL 36567
Phone: 251-947-5700

Bill Morgan, MEd, MDiv, Strengthening Families, Parent Coach

 

 

Jan Doyle, BSW, Data and Finance Specialist

Cassandra McAboy, Director of Communications

 

The Family Center Board of Directors

 

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