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Family Preservation Program
Our Family Preservation Program provides support programs to families involved with Children's Protective Services. We operate on an annual budget of approximately $56 million, most of which is for contracted services, training and collaborative initiatives. We are the lead for:
- The Child Safety and Permanency Planning Process
- Child Protection/Community Partners (low risk substantiated and unsubstantiated CPS cases)
- Early On®
- Families First
- Strong Families/Safe Children
- The WrapAround Process
State and Local Collaboration
The Family Preservation Program participates in a state interagency committee with collaborative partnerships at the local and state level, with a mission to remove barriers to effective service delivery for children and families. Collaborative initiatives led by the Family Preservation Program include:
- Child Well-Being Program, a home visiting program for families whose cases have been closed to cash assistance due to noncompliance with work requirements;
- Partnerships for Safety, a strategy to re-train CPS workers and supervisors in strength-based, solution-focused interview skills to reduce referrals to CPS; and
- Partnership with Michigan's Indian tribes and the Office of Native American Affairs to train child welfare staff on the Indian Child Welfare Law which will enhance kinship placements and reduce other foster care placements.
We will be involved in efforts to use redirected state foster care dollars to reduce residential and institutional care for abused and neglected children by enhancing and expanding the WrapAround process. All contracts and programs have expected and measurable program outcomes.
Funding Sources
Child Protection: Working Together as Community Partners
Strong Families / Safe Children
Strong Families/Safe Children provides federal funding for on family preservation, family support, time-limited reunification, and adoption promotion and support services.
Family Preservation Programs
Families First
Families First of Michigan offers families intensive, short-term crisis intervention and family education services in their home for four to six weeks using the Families First of Michigan model.
Family Reunification Program
Substance Use Disorder Family Support Program
Families Together/Building Solutions
The Families Together/Building Solutions (FTBS) program is based on the belief that many families can enhance their well-being and improve safety of the children with the assistance of long-term in-home services.