Department of Human Services Division of Community-Based Prevention Services

Department of Human Services Division of Community-Based Prevention Services

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services MajorCollaborations • Families and Communities • Children & Youth Division • Juvenile Justice System/Courts/Police/DA • Public Schools • Behavioral Health System • Faith-based Organizations • Other Service Systems (Health, Housing, Jobs, Aging, etc.) promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Basic Principles • Accountability, Accessibility, Integration • Design and Deliver Targeted Services for the Most Vulnerable Youth and Families • Investment in and Organizing of Communities and Neighborhoods • Evidence-based strategies promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Target Populations • Families identified through DHS hotline & intake system (differential response/diversion, voluntary services) • Families of first-time youth offenders • Referrals from Schools, Courts, Youth Aid Panels, CYD/JJS/Providers • Neighborhoods with highest incidence • Youth in transition (schools, out of JJS/CYD/BHS) • Adoptive families promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Major Approaches: Connections • Access to services through community-based “one-stop shopping” sites • Locating services where youth/families already are • Linkage to and advocacy for services available from other systems • Public information campaigns/hotlines • Community Stakeholder Groups/Advisory Boards promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Major Approaches: Programs • After School/Youth Development Programs • Truancy-Related Social Services • Delinquency Prevention Programs • Family Support Programs • Community Family Centers • Parenting Collaborative • School-Based Case Management Programs • Compromised Caregivers Home-Based Programs • Kinship Care Initiatives • Crisis Nurseries promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Major Approaches: Programs • Faith-Based Initiatives • Prevention MIS System • Internal Referral Support System • Community Resource Database promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Organization • Division established in December, 2000 • One of three operational divisions in DHS • 7 Operational Units within Division • Office of Community Family Centers • Office of Truancy Prevention • Office of Delinquency Prevention • Parenting Collaborative • School-Linked Behavioral Health Project • Internal Referral Support Services • Fiscal and Contract Management promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Resource Allocation promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services After School and Youth Development Programs • Family Center-Sponsored Programs • Support and Integration with other Children’s Investment Strategy After School/Beacon programs • PHA Housing Development Programs • United Way Monitoring, Training and Technical Assistance • Project 3500 youth served in Family Center programs in FY03 • Support Community Outreach Program • Other After-School/Youth Development Programs after school and youth development programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Truancy-Related Social Services • Court Case Management/Social Work • 25 or more unexcused absences (14% absence rate) • Referred by school • Short-term social work/case management (avg. 80 days) • Linkage to Behavioral Health Services • Tutoring/Literacy Training • Home Visits • Family Counseling • Projected 2500 unduplicated youth served in FY03 truancy-related programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Truancy-Related Social Services • Truancy Prevention Services • 8 unexcused absences • Elementary and Middle Schools in 9 Clusters • Similar services to court-based system • Family Preservation/REAAP/SCOH • Faith-based Volunteers • Public Awareness Activities • Community Stakeholders Groups truancy-related programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Programs for Youth At High Risk of Delinquency • Structured 5/day/week program • Emphasis on Academic Assistance, Life Skills • Home Visiting • Individual and Family Counseling Programs • Life Skills/Employment Training • Community Service • Linkage to Behavioral and Physical Health Services delinquency prevention programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Programs for Youth At High Risk of Delinquency • 10-17 y.o., not adjudicated or in REAAP • Referrals from Truancy Courts (Regional & 1801 Vine) or other Family Court referral • Referrals from Youth Aid Panels • Referrals from DHS Investigations, JJS Aftercare, Beacons, Family Centers, etc. delinquency prevention programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: Community Family Centers • Case Management/Social Work • Projected 2000 unduplicated families served in FY03 • After School/Youth Development • Projected 3500 unduplicated youth served in FY03 • Parenting Education & Support • Projected 1000 parents/caregivers served in FY03 • Linkage to Other Systems and Practical Supports • Projected 5000 unduplicated families served in FY03 community family centers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: Community Family Centers • Summer Programs • GED/Adult Education • TANF Advocacy • Emergency Food/Clothing/Practical Supports • Lead Abatement • Health Insurance • Housing Counseling • Employment Counseling community family centers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Target Populations • Children, youth and their families already in the DHS system or transitioning from it • Children, youth and their families referred to the DHS system but not active in its caseload • Children, youth and their families in identified at-risk categories for child abuse, neglect and/or delinquency but who have not come to the attention of DHS. community family centers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Center Locations • Hope Family Center 44th & Aspen Street 19104 • Mantua Family Center 3543 Fairmount Avenue 19104 • Lincoln Family Center 9125 Academy Road 19114 • Boone Family Center 26th & Jefferson Streets 19121 • Strawberry Mansion Family Center 30th & Berks Streets 19121 • WCA Community Family Center 1722-42 Cecil B. Moore Avenue 19121 • Harrison Family Center 11th & Thompson Street 19122 • Norris Square Family Center 2100 Orkney & Diamond Streets 19122 • Frankford Community Family Center 4700 Leiper Street 19124 • Julia DeBurgos Family Center 8th & Lehigh Avenue 19133 • Greater Logan Olney Support Serv. Ctr 9th & Lindley Avenue 19141 • Huey Family Center 52nd & Pine Street 19143 • Southwest Family Center 56th & Kingsessing Avenue 19143 • Central Germantown Family Center Wayne & Chelten Avenues 19144 • Point Breeze Family Center 22nd & Moore Streets 19145 • South Philadelphia Family Center Broad St. & Oregon Avenue 19145 • Family Development Center 1408 S. Broad Street 19146 • Hawthorne Family Center 1100 Catherine Street 19147 • Eastwick Family Center 2901 S. 84th Street 19153 community family centers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: School-Based Case Management Services • “C & E” services in 111 schools (117 in FY 03) • Integration with Comprehensive Student Assistance Process (Tier II) • Short-term case management for youth with in-school behavior problems’ projected 3800 served in FY03 • Diversion from more intensive services • Consultation with school staff on classroom management and school climate • Joint management between SDP, BHS, DHS school-based case management programs

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: Intensive Services for Compromised Caregivers • Nurse-Family Partnership • First-time mothers in North Philadelphia • Based on the David Olds Model • Projected 400 new mothers served in initial phase • S.C.A.N. Project for Mothers with MR • Intensive home visiting services for families diverted from SCOH • Projected 50 families served in initial phase compromised caregivers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: Intensive Services for Compromised Caregivers • Enhanced Services for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment and Their Children • Family Services Coordinator in all residential treatment sites • Aftercare case management • Joint management with BHS entities • 200 families projected served in first year compromised caregivers

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Family Support Programs: Parenting Collaborative • Parent Action Network • Community-Based Support Groups/Education • Family Center-based programs • Fatherhood Initiative • Information and Referral System • 215-PARENTS • Resource Guide/Internet Database • Public Awareness Campaign • Training and Technical Assistance Center parenting collaborative

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Target Populations • Families identified through DHS • “Compromised” caregivers (D&A, MH, MR, incarceration, etc.) • Special needs caregivers (teens, fathers, linguistic minorities, sexual minorities, etc.) • Neighborhoods with highest incidence of substantiated abuse and neglect • Projected 5000 families served in FY03 parenting collaborative

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Principles and Guidelines • Access to services through high-trust community-based sites • Linkage to services through other systems • Evidence-based programs • Parental involvement in program design • Education and support components • Families with children aged 0-21 parenting collaborative

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Parent Action Network • Placement and community support groups for parents, caregivers, teens and children • Prison-based Programs • Linkage to Amachi Project • Facilitator training for people interested in running support groups • Speakers’ Bureau specializing in family issues • Information and referral parenting collaborative

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Kinship Care Initiatives • Grand Central • Centralized information and resource center • Support groups for kinship caregivers at Family Centers • PSSC Kids’N’Kin Project • Short-term case management for kinship caregivers • Family Friends Project • Respite services for kinship caregivers • Grandma’s Kids Project • Academic assistance for children in kinship care and supports for caregiver kinship care initiatives

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Crisis Nurseries • Respite services for families in crisis with children 0-5 • Short-term case management services • Germantown and West Philadelphia sites • Day care component • Direct referrals from DHS and Family Centers • 350 children projected for respite (overnight) services in FY 03 • 500 children projected for day respite in FY 03 faith-based initiatives

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Major Approaches • Faith-Based Initiatives • $~4m invested in faith-based organizations • Financial support of Deputy Director in Mayor’s Office • Full-time Social Worker in OCFC dedicated to linkage and coordination • Direct neighborhood-based social services support for youth and families served through the Amachi Project • Internal Referral Services System • Automated referrals to prevention/diversion services from IARS, Intake, Other DHS units promote hope

Department of Human ServicesDivision of Community-Based Prevention Services Major Approaches • Prevention MIS System • Integration with Other Data Systems • Collecting Performance and Outcome Data • Web-based recordkeeping and reporting in major prevention service areas • Slot availability tracking • Community Resource Database • Searchable “smart” database of all children and family resources • Initially available internally, later through Internet promote hope

Department of Human Services Division of Community-Based Prevention Services