Services
Family Support
Family Support Service is defined as the provision of face-to-face assistance, coaching, teaching, and role modeling by a trained professional in the family home or community based setting. When the child(ren) remain placed in their home, the purpose of Family Support Service is to assist with the prevention of out-of-home placement of the child(ren) by maintaining and strengthening family functioning, and alleviating stresses in the home. When the child(ren) are placed out of home, the purpose of Family Support Service is to assist with the preparation of the natural family, including the child(ren) in out of home placement, for the return of the child(ren) to the home. Family Support Service promotes child and family well-being, enhances the protective factors through increased knowledge of parenting and child development, builds personal resilience by helping parent(s) and/or family members overcome obstacles, promotes meaningful social connections, provides concrete support, and encourages social and emotional competence.
Parenting Time/Supervised Visitation
Parenting Time/Supervised Visitation Service is defined as supervised and monitored visits between parents and their children that are long enough in length to promote parent-child attachment. The safety and best interests of the children involved are the primary considerations. Parenting Time/Supervised Visitation Workers engage, teach, and role model nurturing parenting practices during the supervision of Parenting Time. Parenting Time/Supervised Visitation Service is provided in the family home whenever possible; or in the least restrictive, most home-like community based setting that meets the needs for safety and that improves the stability of family members and the family unit.
