Center for Child & Family Health

What Center for Child & Family Health does

Center for Child & Family Health (CCFH) is an independent nonprofit founded in 1996 as a consortium of Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University. Headquartered in Durham, NC, the organization operates an integrated portfolio of clinical treatment, prevention, and professional training programs focused on child trauma and family mental health. Its core treatment service, the Martha S. Urbaniak Clinic, delivers evidence-based therapies — Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), SPARCS, and ABC — to children from infancy to age 21. Prevention programs include Family Connects Durham (universal postpartum nurse home visits), Healthy Families Durham, and Durham Early Head Start, all free to eligible families. Through its Transformation arm — Training Services, NC Child Treatment Program, PCIT & CARE Training, and Family Connects International — CCFH trains approximately 3,700 child-serving professionals annually across North Carolina and has disseminated the Family Connects model to 39 sites in 19 states.

CCFH's business model relies on a hybrid of federal and state government grants (MIECHV, NC General Assembly appropriations, NC Division of Social Services contracts), private foundation grants (The Duke Endowment, Cigna Group Foundation, Pivotal/Action for Women's Health), individual donations, United Way support, and insurance reimbursements from clinic services. Direct services to families are largely free; training services generate fee-based revenue through conference registrations and contracted professional development. The organization reaches 2,000+ children and families in Durham annually and operates through referral-driven go-to-market motions anchored in hospital partnerships (Duke Regional Hospital, expanding to Duke University Hospital), community organizations, schools, and county health departments.

The organization is governed by a Board comprising representatives from each founding university plus community members, and is a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network since 2001. Recent strategic activity includes a $1-5M transformative grant from Pivotal/Melinda French Gates (2025) and resumption of hospital-based bedside visits at Duke Regional, signaling active programmatic scaling in maternal and child health services.

Name

Center for Child & Family Health

Legal name

Center for Child and Family Health, Inc.

Website

https://ccfhnc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CCFH is a Durham, NC-based nonprofit founded in 1996 as a Duke-UNC-NC Central consortium that delivers evidence-based child trauma treatment, prevention home-visiting programs, and statewide professional training across North Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Mental Health and Family Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Emotional/Trauma-Informed Childcare (anxiety, PTSD) (HSAAAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH), Pediatric Skilled Home Health (Home Nursing & Therapy) (HLADAFAC)

Keywords

• Child trauma treatment
• Family mental health services
• Postpartum home visiting
• Evidence-based therapy training
• Child welfare workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Contracts: CCFH receives federal, state, and local government funding including MIECHV (Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting) Program, NC General Assembly appropriations for NC Child Treatment Program, and contracts with NC Division of Social Services.
2. Private Foundation Grants: Funding from foundations including The Duke Endowment, Cigna Group Foundation ($100,000 grant), and Action for Women's Health transformative grant ($1-5 million range).
3. Individual Donations: Charitable contributions from individuals including recurring monthly gifts, one-time donations, IRA charitable rollovers, stock donations, and matching gift programs.
4. Corporate and Community Partnerships: Support from corporate foundations (Cigna Group Foundation), United Way of the Greater Triangle, and community partners.
5. Training Services Revenue: Fee-based training programs for professionals including PCIT training, NC Child Treatment Program, and conference registrations. Some training is free for eligible participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Center for Child & Family Health is an independent nonprofit that provides evidence-based clinical mental health treatment for children and families affected by trauma, universal and targeted prevention programs (notably postpartum and early childhood home visiting), and statewide professional training to disseminate evidence-based trauma practices. Services span outpatient therapy, in-home prevention, post-adoption support, and learning collaboratives for mental health and child welfare professionals.

Product overview

Center for Child & Family Health is a nonprofit healthcare organization offering an integrated portfolio of treatment, prevention, and training programs. The core treatment services include the Martha S. Urbaniak Clinic providing outpatient mental health therapy for children (infancy to age 21) using evidence-based treatments (TF-CBT, PCIT, CPP, SPARCS, PSB-CBT). Prevention programs include Family Connects Durham (universal postpartum nurse home visits), Healthy Families Durham (intensive weekly home visiting for up to 3 years), Durham Early Head Start, READY Project, ARCh Project, and ABC intervention. Post-adoption support services encompass LEAF groups and Resource Parent Curriculum training. The transformation arm includes Training Services, NC Child Treatment Program (statewide training in 5 evidence-based models across all 100 NC counties), PCIT & CARE Training, Family Connects International dissemination, Project Broadcast for child welfare systems, and clinical internships. All programs are grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Martha S. Urbaniak Clinic: Outpatient mental health clinic serving children from infancy to age 21 and their families, providing evidence-based treatments for trauma and behavioral concerns.
• NC Child Treatment Program
• Family Connects International

Products and services

• Martha S. Urbaniak Clinic for Children & Families Outpatient mental health clinic serving children from infancy to age 21 and their families, delivering evidence-based treatments (TF-CBT, PCIT, CPP, SPARCS, PSB-CBT) for trauma and behavioral concerns; accepts insurance for treatment services.
• Post Adoption Support Services (PASS) Comprehensive mental health and support services for adoptive families across 20 North Carolina counties, including clinical assessment, family therapy, LEAF groups, and adoption competency training for clinicians.
• Family Connects Durham Universal postpartum nurse home visiting program offering free in-home nurse visits to Durham County families with newborns regardless of income or risk factors, beginning at about three weeks after birth.
• Healthy Families Durham Intensive home visiting program providing weekly support for up to three years for first-time parents, using the Parents as Teachers curriculum to enhance child development, parenting skills, and family well-being.
• Durham Early Head Start Home-Based Program Federally-funded program providing weekly home visiting services for low-income expectant parents and families with infants and toddlers, using the Parents as Teachers curriculum, plus playgroups and parent meetings.
• READY Project Federally-funded initiative fostering healthy development and wellness for Durham County children age 0 to 8.
• ARCh Project (Advancing Resources for Children) Program focused on advancing resources for children through trauma-informed practices.
• ABC Program (Attachment & Biobehavioral Catch-up) 10-week in-home intervention helping caregivers build attachment and connection with very young children (ages 6-48 months) who have experienced trauma or face risk factors, supporting healthy social-emotional development.
• Training Services Training in trauma-informed practice to mental health, child welfare, and other child and family service providers throughout North Carolina and beyond, including workshops, learning collaboratives, and consultation.
• NC Child Treatment Program (NC CTP) Statewide program training licensed mental health practitioners in evidence-based treatments (TF-CBT, PCIT, CPP, SPARCS, PSB-CBT) for child traumatic stress through rigorous year-long learning collaboratives, reaching all 100 North Carolina counties.
• PCIT & CARE Training Training programs in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) for clinicians and agencies, including Fundamentals, Level 1, Advanced, and Certification Preparation Training.
• LEAF (Learning and Empowerment for Adoptive Families) 10-week interactive group program for adopted children (ages 10-17) and their parents, teaching communication techniques about adoption and providing emotional support through shared experiences.
• Resource Parent Curriculum (RPC) Workshop 8-session NCTSN-developed course providing support for parents raising children who are or have been in the child welfare system, teaching skills to reduce trauma-related parenting stress.
• Family Connects International Initiative that promotes and manages training and dissemination of the Family Connects nurse home visiting model to communities nationally, with replicated sites in multiple states.
• Project Broadcast Partnership with NC Division of Social Services developing a trauma-informed child welfare workforce, delivering training, needs assessment, and the Project Broadcast trauma screening tool across NC counties.
• Internships Training programs for the next generation of clinicians in social work, psychology, and counseling with trauma-informed, evidence-based practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served more than 18,000 women since 2008 through Family Connects Durham
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and founding/core.

• NC Child Treatment ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010CCFH serves as administrative home for NC CTP since 2010. Program trains licensed mental health practitioners statewide in evidence-based treatments for child traumatic stress. Funded by NC General Assembly appropriation since 2013.
• Durham's Partnership for ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Collaborative partner for Durham Early Head Start Home-Based Program. Provides funding and programmatic guidance for home visiting services to low-income families.
• North Carolina Division of Social ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Long-standing partnership for Project Broadcast (trauma-informed child welfare workforce development) and Post Adoption Support Services. Over 19,000 children screened using Project Broadcast assessment tool.
• Durham County Department of Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Partner in developing the Family Connects model alongside Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. Provides public health infrastructure and community health expertise for the universal postpartum nurse home visiting program.
• Duke Center for Child and Family PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Co-developer of the Family Connects model with CCFH and Durham County Department of Public Health. Led initial research and pilot programs including the Durham Family Initiative (2002-2014).
• National Child Traumatic Stress NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001CCFH is a Community Treatment and Services Center member of NCTSN since 2001 (with enhanced status since 2003). Provides access to evidence-based treatment models, national training network, and peer institutions in child trauma.
• Duke Universityfounding/coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996Duke University was one of three founding university partners (along with UNC-Chapel Hill and NC Central) in 1996. Duke provides faculty support, research collaboration, and institutional resources. CCFH is affiliated with Duke's Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Center for Child and Family Policy.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillfounding/coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996UNC-Chapel Hill was one of three founding university partners in 1996. Provides faculty representation, research collaboration, and academic expertise. CCFH has faculty from UNC School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and School of Government.
• North Carolina Central Universityfounding/coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996NC Central University was one of three founding university partners in 1996. Provides faculty representation through the NCCU School of Law and other departments. CCFH co-founder Cheryl Amana-Burris was a professor at NC Central from 1995-2020.
• Durham's Partnership for ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner and collaborator for Healthy Families Durham. Durham's Partnership for Children is a Smart Start Initiative that provides funding and community guidance for early childhood programs.
• Duke Regional HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Connects Durham teams conduct bedside visits at Duke Regional Hospital's Birth Place to connect new mothers with free home visiting services. Partnership resumed in 2025 after COVID interruption.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nurse-Family Partnership: National nonprofit providing nurse home visiting services to first-time mothers from pregnancy through child age 2. Most directly comparable to CCFH's Family Connects Durham in target population (low-income new mothers), service model (nurse home visits), and evidence-based approach with RCT validation.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National nonprofit focused on child abuse prevention through home visiting, public awareness, and advocacy. Closely aligned with CCFH's mission of preventing child maltreatment through Family Connects and related programs.
• Parents as Teachers: National home visiting curriculum and network CCFH uses for Healthy Families Durham and Durham Early Head Start. Directly comparable in evidence-based parent education model delivered through home visits.
• Healthy Families America: Evidence-based home visiting program operated by Prevent Child Abuse America; CCFH's Healthy Families Durham is accredited by HFA. Both target at-risk families with newborns and use trained home visitors to support parenting and child development.

Broad incumbents

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Federally funded consortium of academic and treatment centers (CCFH is a member since 2001) that develops and disseminates evidence-based trauma treatments. Comparable as a coordinating network in child trauma treatment and workforce training.
• Easterseals: National nonprofit providing disability and family services including early intervention, autism services, and family support. Comparable in integrated child/family services and trauma-informed care delivery model.
• Zero to Three: National nonprofit focused on early childhood development (0-3 years). Comparable mission around maternal and infant mental health, home visiting policy, and early childhood systems change relevant to Family Connects.
• Healthy Start: Federally funded HRSA program providing community-based maternal and infant health services to at-risk families. Comparable in postpartum support, home visiting, and maternal depression screening services.

Regional players

• Children's Home Society of North Carolina: North Carolina-based nonprofit providing adoption, foster care, and family preservation services statewide. Comparable in NC-focused child welfare services, particularly to CCFH's Post Adoption Support Services.

Others

• Duke Center for Child & Family Policy: Founding partner of CCFH (1996) and co-developer of the Family Connects model. Strongly comparable research and policy focus on child/family wellbeing, with overlapping faculty and research collaboration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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