Our Vision

We support children and families, no matter what they are facing.

Iris Family Support Center, formerly SCAN, celebrates 50 years of walking alongside families, protecting children, empowering parents, and building lasting stability in Northern Indiana. Our dedicated staff members draw from the wisdom that comes with decades of experience and continuous investment into evidence-based practices designed to restore family functioning and build confidence in both parents and children.

As the needs of families and children have evolved, so have we. People don’t exist in isolation and neither do the issues we face. Parenting is complicated, messy, and spans a whole spectrum of needs and challenges. With this in mind, Iris has worked to create a full continuum of services designed to meet parents and children wherever they are in their journey to strength and stability. Our doors are open to the community as we partner in problem solving, drawing from a strengths-based perspective to bring peace and solutions into homes struggling with conflict and chaos.

Whether families need a gentle boost to gain confidence or navigate a short-term crisis or intensive services to find healing after abuse or neglect has occurred, Iris is ready to support them.

We offer community-based Family Resource Centers designed to engage and support families through education and resources. Through Healthy Families, we walk with new parents to build parental confidence and create strong parent-child bonds to last a lifetime. In Family Connections, anyone can come to Iris to participate in counseling services, navigate a divorce or separation, or find healing after experiencing domestic violence. No matter what a family’s experience is, they can find solutions here.

Through each of these services, Iris Family Support Center continues to reach more families while holding true to its mission to protect children, prepare parents, strengthen families and educate our community to Stop Child Abuse and Neglect. Today, Iris Family Support Center's annual operating budget totals nearly $15 million. The agency employs more than 150 staff and impacts more than 45,000 children and families annually across a 41-county region in northern Indiana.

Dee Szyndrowski, MS, MBA, LMHC
Chief Executive Officer

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