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1. Who receives Child Protective In-Home Services?

Child Protective In-Home Services are legally mandated and is provided to families who have had a substantiation of abuse, neglect, dependency, or a finding of services needed.

2. What are the goals of Child Protective In-Home Services?

The goal is to maintain the safety of children; strengthen family’s capacity to protect and nurture their children; and maintain children in their own families.

3. What happens during Child Protective In-Home Services?

Child Protective In-Home Services provides:
- An In-Home Family Services Agreement jointly developed with the family and social worker to address the needs or conditions that threaten a child’s safety and placed the child at risk of future harm while identifying and building on the family’s strengths;
- Home visits by the social worker;
- Referrals to appropriate resources; and
- The opportunity for families to engage in the planning process while producing better outcomes of safety, permanence, and well-being for children.

4. When are Child Protective In-Home Services closed?

The services are terminated when parents/caretakers are willing to provide a safe home and demonstrate their ability to do so and/or the agency receives legal custody or placement responsibility.