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Last Updated: Jul 28th, 2008 |
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Adoption Services: Services for
children who cannot be cared for by their birth parents and who need
new and permanent family ties established through a legal
process. Adoption services are provided to children who need
permanent families, birth parents who are unable to parent their
children, and adoptive parents who want to provide a home for a child
not born to them.
Adult Services: Home and
community-based services are provided to adults over 60 years of age,
and to disabled adults over 18 years of age, in an effort to allow them
to remain in their homes rather than move to institutional
placements. Screening for adult care residences and nursing home
placements are also provided. Eligible adults may receive up to
15 hours/week home based services, such as cleaning and meal
preparations.
Adult Protective Services:
Reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly and disabled
adults are investigated. Services are developed to prevent
abuse, neglect, and exploitation of these populations.
Child Care: Involves the
purchase of child care services, in approved homes or centers, to enable
eligible parents to maintain employment and/or to provide protection
for children.
Child Protective Services:
Reports of child abuse and neglect are investigated. Services are provided to prevent child abuse and neglect. Workers are
available 24 hours a day to handle emergency situations. After
hours #: 1-800-552-7096
Custody Investigations:
When ordered by the Juvenile/Domestic Relations or Circuit Court, home studies are
completed on parents seeking legal custody of their children.
Memorial Child Guidance Clinic:
A service which maintains an online database of child care programs in
a 17-county area. There may be a fee for services provided by
this vendor. Click here for a .pdf with more information about
this service OR you may go to their website at www.childsavers.org.
Employment Services: Promotes
the fundamental principles of welfare reform by emphasizing personal
responsibility and self-sufficiency, via employment. Employment
Services program participants may receive services such as job skills
training, work experience, job readiness training, child care
assistance, transportation, and other work related expenses to assist
them in obtaining and maintaining employment.
Volunteer Services: The
Department recruits volunteers to assist with areas such as clerical
help, providing transportation for children to appointments, etc.
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