Families International

Families International is documented as a United States-based nonprofit holding company associated with several organizations in the social-services and community-development sectors. The available material identifies the Alliance for Children and Families, Ways to Work, FEI Behavioral Health, and United Neighborhood Centers of America as organizations held within or connected to the Families International structure. The group therefore appears to have operated as an umbrella organization rather than as a consumer brand selling standardized products. The precise origin date and founding circumstances of Families International are not established by the supplied sources. Its best-documented period is linked to Peter Goldberg, who served as president and chief executive officer of both Families International and the Alliance for Children and Families. Goldberg assumed the leadership of the Alliance for Children and Families in 1994. His previous career included senior roles in philanthropy and corporate social responsibility, public-sector work, and research into alcohol and heroin abuse. He was president of the Prudential Foundation from 1990 to 1994 and had directed Primerica’s social-responsibility programs from 1982 to 1988. Earlier, he was project director of the New York State Heroin and Alcohol Abuse Study and a special assistant to the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The affiliated organizations indicate the breadth of the group’s social mission. The Alliance for Children and Families worked with agencies serving children and families. Ways to Work was associated with programs intended to help working families overcome transportation and related economic barriers. FEI Behavioral Health operated in behavioral-health services, while United Neighborhood Centers of America represented neighborhood-based community organizations. Through this portfolio, Families International connected organizations addressing individual and family welfare with institutions focused on community-level support. Goldberg’s leadership also linked Families International to broader nonprofit-sector networks. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Bridgespan Group and was recognized repeatedly by The NonProfit Times, appearing nine times on its People of Power & Influence Top 50 list, including in 2011. These recognitions reflect his standing in the nonprofit field but do not by themselves establish additional corporate activities for Families International. Goldberg died on August 12, 2011, while on vacation in Maine. The supplied references do not identify a successor or describe the group’s later legal, organizational, or operating status. They also do not provide a verified founding year, headquarters address, financial information, or a documented merger or dissolution. Families International should consequently be understood as a historically documented nonprofit holding structure whose current status requires further verification.

• 2011

  Death of Peter Goldberg

  [1]Peter Goldbergen.wikipedia.org

  Peter Goldberg died on August 12, 2011, while vacationing in Maine. The available reference identifies him as Families International’s president and CEO at the time.

• 1994

  Peter Goldberg becomes president and CEO of the Alliance for Children and Families

  [1]Peter Goldbergen.wikipedia.org

  Peter Goldberg began leading the Alliance for Children and Families, alongside his documented role as president and CEO of Families International.

An umbrella nonprofit holding company linking organizations that addressed family welfare, behavioral health, community development, and related social-service needs.

• Children and family nonprofit network

  Alliance for Children and Families

  An affiliated nonprofit organization focused on agencies and services serving children and families. It was led by Peter Goldberg from 1994 and is documented as part of the Families International holding-company structure.

• Family economic-mobility nonprofit

  Ways to Work

  An affiliated organization associated with practical support for working families, particularly in areas connected with transportation and economic mobility. The supplied material confirms its relationship with Families International but does not provide a complete product or program history.

• Behavioral-health services

  FEI Behavioral Health

  An affiliated behavioral-health organization within the Families International group. The available reference identifies the affiliation but does not describe its full service portfolio or operating history.

• Community and neighborhood nonprofit network

  United Neighborhood Centers of America

  An affiliated organization representing neighborhood-based community centers and related social-service institutions. The available material places it within the Families International portfolio but does not specify the organization’s full chronology or programs.

1. 1Peter Goldbergen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Families International reference websitefeinet.com