Family Preservation and In-Home Services

County-Administered State Partnership Peer Group promotes collaboration among peers from county-administered state child welfare programs to brainstorm peer-driven solutions that support effective management and to discuss best practices and issues related to urban and rural counties, differing budgets and local resources, and how to respond to federal requirements. This group is open to members who meet the criteria of programmatic leadership at the state level in California, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin and is subject to approval by the Children’s Bureau.

The In-Home Services and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Managers Peer Group promotes collaboration among in-home services managers (or managers from program equivalents) and PSSF managers to achieve positive outcomes for children and families that receive in-home services or other PSSF grant funded services. 

In-home services managers oversee programs that provide services to children and families who have been reported to child protective services for possible child abuse or neglect and who are assessed as being able to benefit from services delivered in the home. While the focus of PSSF managers may more directly involve the oversight of the PSSF grant, In-Home and PSSF managers both oversee programs aimed at preventing unnecessary separation, improving the quality of care and services, and ensuring permanency for children. 

Membership is open to individuals who meet the criteria and must be approved by the Children’s Bureau.