Glick Family Foundation donates $4 million to Children’s Bureau

09/25/07 01:00 PM Filed in: Clients

Children’s Bureau, Inc. announced today it is receiving a gift of $4 million from the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Foundation of Indianapolis.

The gift furthers the Children’s Bureau’s drive to build a new Family Support Center at 1575 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Indianapolis.

Ron Carpenter, president & CEO of the Children’s Bureau, made today’s announcement. Mrs. Marilyn Glick and her daughter, Marianne Glick, joined him.

The current Family Support Center annually provides family counseling, child care, emergency shelter for children, family reunification and parenting education services to more than 2,000 Metropolitan Indianapolis families. It will be demolished as work is completed on the new center at the same location.

Carpenter says the Family Support Center serves an important function. “We try to intervene to head off family problems. That way, we have a better chance of success. If we can help people make changes in their lives now and avoid drugs, crime and absenteeism, society will avoid higher costs down the road.”

Carpenter adds that the Family Support Center reached capacity some time ago due to high demand for the services.

“It says a lot that we need these programs so urgently,” Carpenter says. “Though our community has many problems, we are blessed with resources such as the Glick Foundation that help families who need a helping hand.”

The Children’s Bureau is a private nonprofit human services agency that provides help to individuals and families. Based in Indianapolis, it reaches nine other counties with programs aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect, preserving families, effective parenting and adoption.

Gene and Marilyn Glick established the Glick Foundation in 1982. Children and education represent a significant share of the Foundation’s activities.

ADDITONAL FACTS:

The Family Support Center houses several specific programs geared to assist distressed families. A list includes:

¬ Children’s shelter for runaway and homeless children and children from abusive family situations
¬ Foster care day services for children whose foster parents receive referrals from the Department of Child Services or Youth Emergency Services. Both are Marion County agencies.
¬ Project Safe Place; one location among 250 in Marion County
¬ Supervised visitation between parents and their children who are in out-of-home placement