PEERS Family Development Center

PEERS is a program designed for Parents to offer Education, Empathy, Rapport and Support. All services at PEERS are for the prevention and intervention of child abuse and neglect. It  is the goal of PEERS to help parents be the best they can be in their parenting role. 
Our program began in 1977, and was the only program of its kind in the state. In 1983, the program was recognized by the North Carolina Preventative Services Training Institute as one of the most cost effective and comprehensive family service programs in the state. The Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Services was presented to the PEERS volunteers in 1987.  In recent years, individual PEERS volunteers have received the Governor's Award and the JC Penney Golden Rule Awards  for their service to the program.  Volunteers are welcome at PEERS, we have an application and background ran on all volunteers.