Child, Youth, and Family Studies Program Affiliation
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is the premier professional association for multidisciplinary understanding of families. Members’ interests – as diverse as their careers and backgrounds – are focused on topics and efforts that yield a common benefit: understanding and strengthening families.
Portland State University’s Child, Youth, and Family Studies program is an undergraduate major affiliated with NCFR at the national and regional levels. NCFR provides an internationally recognized certification for family life education professions: Certified Family Life Educator. This certification program encourages applications from professionals with preparation and experience in family life education settings including formal teaching, research/scholarship, community education, public information and education, curriculum and resource development, health care, military family support, and ministry. CFLEs have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, and many have advanced degrees.
The Child, Youth, and Family Studies program has been CFLE-approved through NCFR since 2009.Students in the CYFS program who have completed the required courses can apply for their provisional certification for their CFLE upon graduation.
2019 NCFR CFLE Program Checklist:
CFLE Program Checklist »
2014 NCFR CFLE Approval Letter, Certificate, and Program Checklist:
CFLE Program Approval Letter (PDF) »
CFLE Program Certificate (PDF) »
The CYFS Program Assessments
The CYFS Program Assessment Team is pleased to provide for your review our program assessment plan.
The purpose of this link is to share with stakeholders the assessment of CYFS.