Preventive Services Program

• Committed to providing the most effective, efficient, and accessible services for families whose children are at risk of placement out of home. The Preventive Services are intended to:

• prevent foster care placements
• hasten the return home of children already in placement
• divert youth from entering the Family Court system
• prevent and reduce incidents of child maltreatment
• strengthen family life.

• Coordinates and contracts with various community agencies to provide specialized services to families in order to prevent the need for foster care placement, and to decrease incidences of indicated Child Protective cases