Counseling and Family Life Services

When life’s challenges are overwhelming and cause crises in the lives of individuals and families, many come to LFS for help. Counseling centers provide individual, marital, and family counseling by state-certified therapists. In addition, LFS offers workshops such as single-parent retreats and marriage enrichment sessions.

Inmate/Family Consultation and Support

This Raleigh-based program offers consultation and education for inmates and their family members at Wake Correctional Center. Individual and group sessions address such topics as parenting skills and family violence prevention. Trained counselors help inmates reestablish themselves in their communities.

Refugee and Immigration Services

Since 1979, LFS has provided refuge to more than 10,000 people who have suffered severe persecution in their homelands. LFS helps people who escape with little more than the clothes on their backs with housing, employment, and assimilation into American culture. LFS also coordinates the efforts of churches from all denominations and other faith communities that sponsor families in the resettlement process. High-quality, low-cost immigration services, such as immigration counseling and assistance with applications to obtain permanent resident status or citizenship, have become hallmarks of the agency’s work with newcomers to the United States. LFS staff members are accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals.