ABOUT FCM, INC.
Strengthening children and families
Friends of Children of Mississippi (FCM), Inc. is a highly efficient, team-based, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, private non-profit human service organization providing quality Head Start and Early Head Start services to children from birth to five years old.
Our mission is to strengthen children and families through community partnerships by:
FCM increases families’ capacity to support and nurture their children by developing a compassionate partnership between staff and families — one that recognizes parents as the primary educators of their children. The organization also invests in continuous staff development and an environment that promotes job satisfaction and community service.
BRIEF HISTORY
Rooted in Mississippi since 1966
FCM was created in October 1966 to plan and coordinate support for more than 60 volunteer centers — an effort to reverse the Office of Economic Opportunity’s decision to stop funding the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM). When CDGM received renewed funding, it was limited to 14 counties. Six excluded counties operated without federal or state funding for 18 months until becoming a delegate agency with Tougaloo College in late 1967. FCM received an incorporation charter from the State of Mississippi in 1968.