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Designed to help families avoid placing a child outside the home through emphasis on prevention using the family's strengths; works with families to develop real life management skills and assist in keeping the child from being placed outside the home by providing: - Nutrition planning - Budgeting - Child care and discipline - Skills building Family issues could include: - Adolescent conflict - Parenting help - Emotional problems and concerns of parents and/or children - Abusive relationships, physical, sexual, and/or emotional - Child neglect - Behavioral problems of children and/or parents - Reunification of families when a child is returning from home placement Program provides: - Family therapy - Individual and marital therapy - Parent education and training - Community resource mobilization, referral, and development - Supportive counseling - Client and family advocacy - Crisis intervention - Comprehensive assessments and recommendation

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Neglected Children
Children and Youth With Emotional Disturbance
Emotionally Abused Children
Children of Divorced Parents
Parenting Skills Classes
Conjoint Counseling
Parenting Issues
Family Preservation Programs
Children of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder
Family Maintenance/Reunification
Sexually Abused Children
Children of Abused Women/Men
Physically Abused Children
Sexually Exploited Children
Children of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder
Specialized Information and Referral
In the community-based program, children ages 8 - 12 are matched with adult volunteers who serve as friends and role models and help youth to increase their self-confidence, become more trusting of adults and develop other assets deemed critical for success. Volunteers and youth meet 2 - 4 times per month based on their schedules in self-directed activities. Agency-sponsored events and a number of no-cost and low-cost activities are also available for matches. Professional staff speak regularly with all participants (mentors, children, and families) and provide guidance, support, and assistance. All program mentors go through a thorough background and reference check and careful interview process. They receive training and then are matched with a child based on location, personalities and preferences.

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Preadolescent Children
Primary School Age Children
Single Parent Families
Children of Divorced Parents
Operates many sites for supervised visitation services and safe exchange services. In order to use the centers, parents must set up orientation interview screenings separately. If the use of the center is not court ordered, both parties must agree to use it. All visitations for the sites are scheduled through the main office. Supervised Parenting: This program is available for those who are seeking parenting time with their child but are required to do so within the presence of a neutral third party. Sessions are typically two hours in length and available seven days a week. High, medium and low supervision for visits are available. Monitored Parenting: A program for parents who are transitioning from supervised parenting and no longer need to have supervisor present at all times during the visit. Supervisors check in with the family several times during the session and document at each check-in. Sessions are typically two hours in length, but can be more or less if needed, and may occur in a group setting. Monitored Exchanges: Parents seeking to transfer their children from one parent to the other without having to have contact with the other parent can use this program. Monitored exchanges are supervised and performed by staff. Staff documents each exchange. Exchanges are performed seven days a week during programming hours. Therapeutic Supervised Visitation (TSV): This program provides therapeutic interventions for children and their non-custodial parent to improve the parent/child relationship in a safe and private supervised space. It is a way to assist children in transitions to changing family structures. Actively engage in assisting non-custodial parents and children in re-establishing or forming a healthy and safe relationship. A court order could indicate when it is in the best interest of child(ren) to have Therapeutic Supervised Visitation. Families can also choose Therapeutic Supervised Visitation instead of traditional supervised visitation through the agreement of both custodial and non-custodial parents.

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Divorced/Divorcing Persons
Parents Sharing Custody
Abused Women
Physically Abused Children
Parents Without Custody
Children of Divorced Parents
Parental Visitation Facilitation
Operates many sites for supervised visitation services and safe exchange services. In order to use the centers, parents must set up orientation interview screenings separately. If the use of the center is not court ordered, both parties must agree to use it. All visitations for the sites are scheduled through the main office. Supervised Parenting: This program is available for those who are seeking parenting time with their child but are required to do so within the presence of a neutral third party. Sessions are typically two hours in length and available seven days a week. High, medium and low supervision for visits are available. Monitored Parenting: A program for parents who are transitioning from supervised parenting and no longer need to have supervisor present at all times during the visit. Supervisors check in with the family several times during the session and document at each check-in. Sessions are typically two hours in length, but can be more or less if needed, and may occur in a group setting. Monitored Exchanges: Parents seeking to transfer their children from one parent to the other without having to have contact with the other parent can use this program. Monitored exchanges are supervised and performed by staff. Staff documents each exchange. Exchanges are performed seven days a week during programming hours. Therapeutic Supervised Visitation (TSV): This program provides therapeutic interventions for children and their non-custodial parent to improve the parent/child relationship in a safe and private supervised space. It is a way to assist children in transitions to changing family structures. Actively engage in assisting non-custodial parents and children in re-establishing or forming a healthy and safe relationship. A court order could indicate when it is in the best interest of child(ren) to have Therapeutic Supervised Visitation. Families can also choose Therapeutic Supervised Visitation instead of traditional supervised visitation through the agreement of both custodial and non-custodial parents.

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Divorced/Divorcing Persons
Parents Sharing Custody
Abused Women
Physically Abused Children
Parents Without Custody
Children of Divorced Parents
Parental Visitation Facilitation
Mental health services with a specialty in serving children and adolescents and their families on issues of: - ADHD - Anger management - Chemical abuse - Divorce, separation - Family Relationships - Parenting - Runaways - Sever and persistent mental illness - Sexual identity - Violence

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Sexual Orientation Counseling
Family Counseling
Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Drug Use Disorders
Physically Abused Children
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Anger Management
Chronic/Severe Mental Illness
Sexuality Counseling
Child Abuse Counseling
Alcohol Use Disorder
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Substance Use Disorders
Adolescents
Child Guidance
Gender Identity Counseling
Bereaved Children
Children of Divorced Parents
Individual Counseling

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