Beacon Centers
Connecting People To Resources
Beacon Center programs function as a community center on the campus of public schools in disenfranchised neighborhoods. Beacon Centers are founded on the themes of family strengthening and community building. They are unique hubs for community development, offering assistance to families with a host of available services: A Family Resource Center, referrals to resources, family enrichment activities, parenting workshops, health and nutrition education, financial fitness workshops, adult education via computer, GED and ESOL classes, social and recreational activities, after-school enrichment, mentoring, capacity building workshops, community events, including health fairs, and child care during evening programming.
Beacon Centers create a vital partnership between the families, the school, and the community. The focus of the Beacon is to develop successful young people by supporting the child in the context of the family, and the family in the context of the community.
Beacon Centers are funded by the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County and support their three sentinel outcomes: an increase in healthy births, a decrease in abuse/neglect of children and children being ready & eager to learn when they enter kindergarten.
Housing Partnership manages five Beacon Centers which are all located at Palm Beach County School District elementary schools:
Bridges Beacon Center at Highland Elementary in Lake Worth
Forest Park Beacon Center in Boynton Beach
Pahokee Beacon Center in Pahokee
Pioneer Park Beacon Center in Belle Glade
West Riviera Beacon Center in Riviera Beach