INTENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES

 

 

 

 

The Division of Children and Family Services seeks to ensure the health and safety of children and to preserve families through the provision of Intensive Family Services (IFS).  The goals are to prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements of children and to promote reunification of families with children in placement.  IFS is a combination of counseling and support services aimed at ensuring the health and safety of all family members while helping the family learn how to stay together successfully.  Services are immediate, time-limited and home-based.  The IFS practitioner concentrates on the most serious issues affecting the family and provides tailored services to meet the unique needs of the family.  IFS was provided through contractors and DCFS staff.  There were 168 families with 385 children who received these services in SFY 2002.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002

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