The Intensive Family Support program is an intensive case-management program designed to support families petitioned to the court or under court jurisdiction in child protective proceedings. The service focus is intended to facilitate an early return home for youth or provide early intervention in the youth's home to prevent removal. The services will be provided in the community or home-based.
Two social workers will support families that have demonstrated issues in the area of substance use, mental health, improper housing, lack of basic necessities to have children in their home, poor school attendance, poor parenting skills, poor relationship skills, lack of participation in parenting time, and lack of participation in court hearings. The social workers will not only provide a referral to community resources, but will assist parents in accessing community resources. The program will help parents obtain the services identified in the parent/agency treatment plan, or will help the parents remove any barriers to the return of their children that have been identified by team members.
