Family Services
The Family Preservation Program / Family Services Department provides a variety of therapeutic and supportive in-home services to families in the Greater Milwaukee Area and surrounding counties being served under contract with the Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services for Intensive In-Home Services and Ongoing Case Management.
Community Partners Include:
- The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services
- The Delinquency and Court Services Division of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Family Preservation Program
The Family Preservation Program’s goals are family preservation, promoting well-being, strengthening family relationships and keeping families together safely. Participation can help families reunify more smoothly or prevent family separations through parent skill development and education. Services include:
- Shared parenting support using the
Fostering Relationships model - Supervised parent/child interactions
- Specialized in-home family interaction sessions
- Trauma Informed Care interventions
- Problem solving and conflict resolution
- Transition planning
- Family advocacy and reunification planning
Additional services may include:
- Mentoring, support and development of parenting and home-management skills
- Coaching family interactions/short-term therapeutic visitation supervision before reunification
- Prevention and stabilization of crises
- School advocacy
- Linking families to ongoing community supports
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