Family Preservation & Support Services (FPSS) Division

Age of Child:

Ages 11 to 18

Reason to Refer:

Family Needs

• Needs support managing difficult preteen and teenage behaviors, productive communication, and safety concerns.

Family Discipline

• Caregiver(s) not effectively monitoring pre/teenage youth.

• Moderate to high family conflict, youth is displaying some high-risk behaviors.

Child Functioning

Youth struggles with behavior include:

• Self-destructive behavior

• Provokes dangerous reactions in caregiver

Expected Outcomes:

• Decrease in youth's disruptive behaviors

• Increased parenting skills and appropriate disciplining

• Improvement in youth's academic and social skills

• Increased supportive family communication

• Reduction in youth substance use

• Increased placement stability

Age of Child:

Birth to - 18 years 

Reason to refer: 

• Placement Prevention (foster parent, relative caregiver, parent, etc.) 

• Reunification—Parent must have frequent visits in order to practice the skills learned in the intervention. 

• FPS offers short-term services that are specific and family-focused. 

  They can include: 

• Enhancing safe parenting practices 

• Supporting adults to make individualized and family-centered changes

Expected Outcomes:

Services designed to promote

• Well-being of children and families

• Increase the strength and stability of families

• Increase parents' confidence and competence in their parenting abilities

• Promote a safe, stable, and supportive family environment for children

• And otherwise enhance children's development.

Age of Child:

Birth to 18

Reason to Refer

• For children at imminent risk of placement where services can manage threats in the family home.

• For children who are scheduled to reunify within seven days.

Expected Outcomes:

• Parents ability to safely care for the child is increased and child can remain safely in the parent's care.

• Families are connected to community resources. 

Age of Child:

• Baby: Birth to 9 months old

• Toddler: 9 months to 3 years old

• Preschool: 3 to 6 years old

• School Age: 6 to 12 years old

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs

  • Parents in need of positive, nurturing, non-violent parenting strategies.

  • Parents to learn developmental milestones and safe home environment.

  • Needs support managing difficult child behaviors.

• Family Discipline

  • Concerns about parent-child relationships.

  • Caregiver(s) frustrated but uses self-control, discipline may be inconsistent, lacks effective management.

• Child Functioning

  • Child has behavior problems. Child provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills

• Increase appropriate parental discipline

• Improve parent-child relationship

• Decrease in child behavior problems

Age of Child:

Ages 2 to 7

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs

  • Needs one-on-one parenting coaching on a weekly basis.

  • Parents in need of positive, nurturing, non-violent parenting strategies.

  • Needs support managing difficult child behaviors.

• Family Discipline

  • Caregiver(s) frustrated but uses self-control.

  • May have negative feelings toward child.

  • May use violence or threats to control behavior, lacks effective management.

• Child Functioning

  • Child has behavior problems.

  • Child provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills

• Increase appropriate parental discipline

• Improve parent-child relationship

• Decrease in child behavior problems

• Reduce recurring physical abuse reports

Age of Child:

Ages 2 to 16

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs

  • Needs individualized support managing typical developmental transitions and/or dealing with significant behavioral challenges.

  • May need improvements in the parent-child relationship.

• Family Discipline

  • Caregiver(s) frustrated, may occasionally lose self-control, discipline may be inconsistent, and lacks effective management.

  • May use violence or threats to control behavior.

• Child Functioning

  • Range from typical developmental challenges to behavioral problems.

  • Provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills

• Increase appropriate parental discipline and behavior management

• Improve parent-child relationship

• Decrease in child behavior problems

Age of Child:

Birth to 5 years

Reason to Refer:

• Concerns about quality of parent-child relationship

• Child is being reunified after being out the parent's care for a period of time

• Parent needs information about infant and toddler social and emotional development

• Parent needs help developing and expressing empathy towards their young child

Expected Outcomes:

• Parent has increased understanding of infant and toddler social and emotional health and development

• Parent has increased capacity to reflect on their own feelings and their child's feeling in order to provide empathetic, compassionate care for their child

• Increased positive relationship between the parent and the child

Age of Child:

Birth to 5

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs

  • Parents need help creating and maintaining a safe home environment.

  • Needs to learn how to care for the children when sick or injured.

  • Parents in need of basic parenting skills/support.

• Family Discipline

  • Families experiencing neglect related issues such as medical neglect or environmental neglect.

  • Parents learn basic parent-child interaction skills and providing children with rules and consequences.

• Child Functioning

  • Targets typically developing children exhibiting none or mild behavior problems.

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase parents' understanding and management of child illness and injuries.

• Increase home safety.

• Improve and enhance safe parenting skills.