Southside Family Nurturing Center
About
Southside Family Nurturing Center was founded in 1974 by concerned members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis. Beverly Blinde, Linda Haugen and Jean Christie founded Southside with the belief that child abuse and neglect are preventable with early intervention and family support. With modest beginnings in the church basement, we now serve 50 families each year at our center in the Phillips community of South Minneapolis. As one of the first private, not-for-profit agencies to implement an holistic therapeutic model of early childhood education and home visiting/family support services in the state of Minnesota, Southside has impacted the lives of hundreds of children and families.
Mission
Together with families and community, we nurture children, build on family strengths, and find alternatives to violence.