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Child Empowerment and

Family Services

Salt Lake City, Utah

                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           Leilani and Ben Taholo

Empowering Our Children and Families

Leilani and Ben Taholo believe that children and families are the foundation of our community. They also know how incredibly effective a facilitated family group conference can be for families facing major transitions and decisions in life that impact all of its members and daily lives. In 2003, wanting to devote their energies to the people of our communities, they opened Child and Family Empowerment Services.

 

Child and Family Empowerment offers mental health services for children, teens and adults through individual and group therapy. In addition to their traditional clientele, clients are often referred by district courts, the juvenile court system and various religious entities. The company seeks to help clients meet their own treatment goals within 12 sessions, encouraging clients to graduate from the process. Therapeutic approaches are culturally appropriate and speaking services are offered in Spanish, Tongan, Russian and French. Offices are located at 1578 West 1700 South Suite 200 in Salt Lake City.

 

“We are so grateful to UMLF for making such a difference in our lives and in the lives of our community members!”

- Leilani Taholo

The service that is especially unique to Child and Family Empowerment is called Family Group Conferencing. The technique originated in New Zealand where it is the foundation stone of the child welfare system and the youth justice system. Family members, including extended family members and their community resources, meet

together in a structured and safe format to build child and family plans that will meet the needs of the child and help to retain the family as a positive and major resource to the child or children.

 

A $25,000 Utah microenterprise loan in May of 2004 enabled Child and Family Empowerment to expand to an office three times larger than the original three-office space originally leased. Child and Family Empowerment’s clientele base has doubled since they began and they are adding more therapists to the staff. The UMLF experience has

 

helped us to fulfill our dreams of actively engaging in our community as a source of help in the area of family, couples, individual and group counseling, especially in the languages of cultural entities that are difficult for clients to find elsewhere.

You can reach Child and Family Empowerment Services at (801) 972-2711 or via e-mail at cfeservices4@aol.com. Visit with Leilani and Ben about how the UMLF helped them fulfill their small business dreams.





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