Family Preservation Program
Our Family Preservation Program (FPP) provides trained, in-home specialists to work intensively with families in crisis.
Using the Homebuilders Model, the specialists identify family strengths as well as skill deficiencies and work with family members to increase their ability to function as a unit. The Family Preservation and Reunification programs also assist families in their ability to utilize community resources (health departments, housing, transportation, and so forth).
Family Preservation specialists spend 8-20 hours per week with each family in their home and/or other natural settings for up to 6 weeks. Specialists are available to their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Families are referred to our Family Preservation Program by the Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Division of Protection & Permanency.
Our Goals
With FPP, we strive to provide emotional support, concrete services and to teach methods and techniques for dealing with identified problems. The clinical staff works to empower the parent to successfully confront those problems that have disrupted the family in the past.
The Family Preservation Program's 3 main functions:
- To keep the family safe.
- To avoid unnecessary placement of children in out-of-home care.
- To improve family functioning so the behavior that led to crisis will be reduced.
Funding Source
The Family Preservation Program is funded in its entirety through a grant from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health & Family Services, with state funds allocated by the Kentucky General Assembly.
For more information please contact the Family Preservation & Reunification office at (270) 782-3162 .