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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:

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

The CP/CP initiative in Michigan is a statewide collaborative effort supporting sustainable community-based services.
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.

Strong Families / Safe Children

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.

Families First

Family Reunification Program

The Family Reunification Program offers four to a maximum of six months of services aimed at working with families in which one or more children have been placed in foster care. 
Family Reunification Program

Substance Use Disorder Family Support Program

The Substance Use Disorder Family Support Program (SUDFSP) provides intensive services for substance affected families that are at potential or actual risk of experiencing a removal due to child abuse and/or neglect. 
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.

Families Together/Building Solutions

WrapAround

Wraparound is a process based on collaboration and working with community resources. The parent(s) and child(ren) are integral parts of the team and must have ownership in the individualized plan.
WrapAround