The OCFSO is a non-profit organization made up of parents and community members whose mission is to ensure that every Ocean County family who have children with special emotional and behavioral needs is given community based resources and support in a family friendly, child centered, culturally competent manner.

Specific and Primary Purposes of the FSO

• Provide family support to families who have children with special emotional and behavioral needs.
• Develop training for both families and children with special needs and community members who are professional or nonprofessional who may come into contact with these children.
• Dissemination of information to both families of children with special needs, and professional and nonprofessional members of the community who come into contact with these families.
• Develop a good working partnership with the local CMO (Care Management Organization), other community agencies and system partners, to enhance the services provided to those Children and families with special needs.
• Ongoing local system education through presentations and forums that impart role of FSO and communicate family friendly, parent/professional partnership messages to providers, Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), Children's System of Care (CSOC), Juvenile Justice System, Schools, and Child Advocacy Organizations

Eligibility	Any one who has a child with special needs, substance, emotional, behavioral needs.
Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults
Community Services	Family & Support Services Family Support LGBTQ Parenting & Caregiving
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health ADHD / ADD Anger Management Anxiety Conduct Disorder Depression Dissociative Disorders Eating Disorders Family Conflict & Distress Fire-Setting Grief / Loss Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Self-Injury Substance Use Teen Issues Trauma / PTSD Crisis / Safety Bullying Crisis / Safety / Prevention Intellectual and Developmental Needs Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Learning Disabilities

Last Updated: 03/28/23