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AUG-10-1994 09:~9 FROM CAB. CTY. SOC. SERU. TO ?889920 P.02 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: John Witherspoon, County MBn_~g~'~- Jim Cook, Social Services Direc rio. r~/' Family Presewation Services G~nt August 9, 1994 ~pltcation We are requestlng that the Board of Commissioners, at its August 15, 1994 meeting, permit the Department to apply for an_ Intensive Family Preservation Services Program (IFPS) Family Preservation Services focus on preventing ,,nnecessary foster care placement of children by provicltng in-home counseling services to help families to work through crisis situations and strent~then the over~!! functioning of the family. These services help to s~abilize the crisis which may put a child at imminent risk, help defuse the potential for violence, and help families to develop $l~t]ls to hamdle future crisis situations more effectively. Our agency began' a family preservation program in 1990 ,-rolled the "Home Remedies" program. There are a total of fourteen family preservation programs in the state which are eli~Ible for these K~ants. It is a_r!ticipated that the Department of H~m~_ Resources will award six to seven gr~nts. The grants are being provided to help strengthen and expand existing programs to fully comply with family preservation services program policies and standards. Currently the child protective services (CPS) treatment supervisor supervises five child protective services workers, lwo Home Based services workers, and one family preservation worker. State policy requ!~es that for child protective services there be one supervisor for every five workers, and in family preservation services one supervisor for every four workers. Recent monitoring by the State in the CPS biem~tal review and Depariment o! Social Services P.O. B~x668 · Concord. NC28026-0668 · (704) 7~6-7141 5