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Agency still puts family first
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Happy 100th anniversary Family Service Agency: CEO of Family Service Agency Dave Arnold holds archived photographs of L-R FSA Founder and First Director Joseph Hanson, Tod Arrel who left part of his estate to FSA in 1927, and a ribbon cutting in 1976 that shows L-R Director of FSA James Bennett, Director of Mahoning County Children Services Mary Jo Credice, President of Junior Womens League Marilyn Wagmiller and Director of the Welfare Department Ezell Armour.
YOUNGSTOWN — Identifying changing community needs and developing programs to meet them is key to the staying power of the Family Service Agency, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
It also involves terminating programs when their services are no longer relevant or provided elsewhere, such as foster care and adoptions, or the Learning Tree After-School Program, said David E. Arnold, president and chief executive officer.
“We couldn’t get enough kids to make Learning Tree work,” he said.
In fact, Arnold said, adjusting to the times and changing conditions and needs of clients accurately follows the agency’s mission statement, which says FSA is “dedicated to the changing needs of our community by providing an array of services that empower, enhance and strengthen families.”
FSA, which is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services, is having its centennial anniversary dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Georgetown on South Avenue in Boardman.
Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator and on vindy.com