The Utah Valley Family Support Center, Inc. (DBA Family Support & Treatment Center) is a private, nonprofit organization established in July 1984 with a primary purpose of preventing and treating child abuse.
Our mission is to build a community of healthy, happy individuals and families through education and the prevention and treatment of child abuse, trauma and other personal and family concerns.
Utah Valley Family Support helps individuals and families in Utah, Wasatch, Summit, Millard and Juab counties.
To find information about all of the Family Support Centers in Utah, visit the Utah Association of Family Support Centers.
Management Team
Janelle Christensen, MSW
Executive Director
Joy A. O’Banion, LCSW, RPT-S
Director of Strategy
Emily Steele, LCSW, RPT
Treatment Coordinator
Rachelle Hardman
Prevention Coordinator
2021 Board of Directors
Emily Ross
Marketing Specialist, PRESIDENT
Dick Foote
Foote Insurance, VICE PRESIDENT
Leslie Slaugh
Attorney, SECRETARY
Kirt Michaelis, CPA
Mountainland Technology College (MTEC), TREASURER
Karen McCandless
Community Action Services
and Food Bank
Gary L. Chrystler
Attorney, Retired
McKenzie Bauer
Creative Marketer & Community Builder
Kay Lindsay
4th District Juvenile Court, Retired, PAST PRESIDENT
Saundra Buckley
Public Health Administrator
Heather Daniel
Elementary Education
