Family Support Center
The AACF Family Support Center is dedicated to improving early childhood education for immigrants in our community and helping to provide a better quality of life for their families by connecting them to a solid network of lasting peer and professional support. We offer free activities, services, and programs for parents and children, ages 0 to 5 years old, so that families can live happy, healthy lives.
Our center is located on the west side of Frederick, also known as Frederick’s Golden Mile. It is an area that critically lacks resources and services for a rapidly growing population of immigrant families who are working hard to support their families.
Over the next five years, we are preparing to establish partnerships to provide Universal Pre-K, Early Head Start, and child care programs to support the rapid growth in our community.
Service Offerings
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- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Infant and toddler developmental care, education, and assessments
- Parent education for understanding child development milestones and behaviors
- Classes on positive parenting techniques, nutrition, Adult Basic Education, Financial Literacy, and English as a Second Language, and more!
- Mental health services and job training to help adults achieve their goals
- Tips for healthy living and family wellbeing
- Community resources navigation and a support network for parents
Funding agencies
Funding for the AACF Family Support Center is provided by the Maryland Family Network, Maryland State Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Contact Us
Amirah Underwood, M. Ed.
Director of Family Support Services
Email: [email protected]
For general inquiries or to participate in our programs, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (301) 694-3355 Extension 2000
Address:
5901 Old National Pike, Frederick, MD 21701 (Lower level)
Hours:
Monday – Thursday 8am – 4pm; Select Saturdays
Read about us in the news:
Asian American Center gets $150K for programs to prevent child abuse
Family Support Services has offered early childhood education for children up to 4 years old and their families for about a year. It moved to a new building in the summer.
'It's like love': Moore helps celebrate opening of Asian American Center family services building
In a hallway across from the center’s kitchen, the phrase “My family” is written on the wall in several languages.
Asian American Center set to open early childhood facility on Golden Mile
The nonprofit Asian American Center of Frederick is working to establish a family support center along the Golden Mile that will offer child care, parenting classes and more.
Asian American Center of Frederick receives $1.5 million for a new center
For the fifth year in a row Urbana Regional Library hosted a Lunar New Year event in partnership with the Asian American Center of Frederick.
New plans unveiled for early childhood education for immigrant families
To support early childhood education expansion, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen presented a check for $375,000 to the Asian American Center of Frederick.
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Learn more about what we do and how you can help.
In the News
Read about past and present work done by the AACF.
Locations
Visit us to find programs, services, and resources at our different locations.