June Family Reunification Month Event

• PULSE Parents Using Life Skills Education

  The Parents Using Life Skills Education, also known as PULSE provides intensive, individualized parent education focusing on the parent/child interaction.  The program also helps facilitate a productive and healthy home environment.

  The worker partners with the family to create a Service Plan that outlines weekly visits, along with intensive supportive intervention as it pertains to life skills.  The Service Plan also includes an assessment of the parents’ strengths and needs.  The Nurturing Parenting Program is used to provide parent education to families.  This program was designed by Dr. Stephen Bavolek and developed to use with families involved in the child welfare system.

  Availability

  • Gladwin Counties
  • This program requires a referral from the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Open to Families in Saginaw or Bay County who are experiencing Children Protective Services involvement or have children placed in Foster Care

  How to Access Services

  • Contact your Gladwin or Saginaw County DHHS worker to inquire about a referral.
  • To find out more information on the program, please e-mail any questions to info@aoicw.org.

PACT – Foster Care Supportive Visitation

The Support Visitation-Parenting Time Services program (PACT) allows families to take the lead and make choices as well as create routines and structures that promote healthy relationships among the family. This program provides supervised visitation between birth parents and their children who are placed out of the home. The supervised visitation worker coordinates visitations and provides transportation for the parents and children to guarantee the visit times are convenient for all parties involved. During supervised visitations the PACT worker ensures the safety of the children while documenting the parent-child interactions. The visitation worker provides written documentation from each visit to the assigned Foster Care Worker.

Availability

• Bay, Clare, Isabella, Gladwin, Midland, Arenac, Saginaw, Gratiot or Shiawassee Counties
• This program requires a referral from the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Open to Families in Isabella, Gladwin, Midland, Arenac, Saginaw, Gratiot or Shiawassee County who are experiencing Children Protective Services involvement or have children placed in Foster Care

How to Access Services

• Contact your Bay, Clare, Isabella, Gladwin, Midland, Arenac, Saginaw, Gratiot or Shiawassee County, DHHS worker to inquire about a referral.
• To find out more information on the program, please e-mail any questions to info@aoicw.org.