Family Maintenance Units
Type of service: Case management and direct service
Target clients: Intact families
Length: One year maximum
Contact: Social worker visits at least monthly
Goal: Remedy identified risks to children
Services provided:
Individualized case plans, Family Decision Meetings, support, and referrals to community providers of substance abuse treatment, counseling for sexual abuse, domestic violence, behavioral problems of children, parenting, etc.
Types of Family Maintenance Cases:
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Voluntary contract cases:
Families who have been identified as "at risk" through a CPS investigation agree to complete a case plan for a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 1 year.
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Court ordered cases:
The children are Court dependents allowed to remain in the home under specific conditions while the parents complete required programs.
Healthy Start/School-Based
Social Workers are stationed at school sites, some of which have Healthy Start programs. Services and community referrals are provided to students and their families.
Family Unification Program (FUP)
A collaboration with the Housing Authority of Stanislaus County, the FUP program helps 140 families obtain Section 8 rental assistance in cases where a lack of housing would result in:
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Imminent placement of the child/children
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Delay the return of children in out of home care to their families
Intensive Services
The following two intensive programs are housed at the Community Services Agency.
Family Preservation (FP)
Type of service: Intensive
Length: 90 days
Families Served: Intact
Target clients: High risk substantiated abuse or neglect cases
Location of services: In home
Providers: Interdisciplinary team from Child Protective Services, Mental Health, Public Health
Contact: Families are visited two to four times a week.
Goal: Alleviate dangers to children and strengthen family system.
Examples of Service: In home counseling and parenting instruction, health monitoring, respite care, home repair, emergency financial assistance. Families are usually visited two to four times a week. Families in Partnership (FIP)
Type of service: Intensive
Length: up to 1 year
Families Served: Intact
Target clients: Substance abusing parents
Location of services: In home
Providers: Interdisciplinary team from Child Protective Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Substance Abuse Counselors, Juvenile Probation
Contact: Families are visited two to four times a week.
Goal: To avoid Juvenile Court intervention while insuring the children's safety. One of the program focuses is closely monitoring positive toxicology (drug positive) babies sent home with their parents; parents failing to cooperate with services are then referred to CPS Emergency Response unit through a formal staffing process.
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