Head Start on Housing
Head Start is not just early childhood education anymore, but can also address famiial well-being factors such as stable housing
Cultural Brokers
Addresses issues of racial and economic disparities in the child welfare system
Sobriety Treatment and Reducing Trauma (START)
A wraparound approach for at-risk parents with the goal of stabilizing families harmed by parental drug use
Family Resource Center wraparound services
Parents and kin caregivers receive wraparound services to support kin placement and reunification from Family Resource Center
Family Centered Treatment
Home-based intensive family trauma therapy
Restorative Family Mediation
Neutral, relationship-focused restorative mediation to families involved in child welfare or who are experiencing high conflict
UpTogether
Access to unrestricted cash and an online community to support to meet one’s personal and family goals
Multidisciplinary wraparound legal services
A multidisciplinary law office where social workers, peer advocates, and other professionals provide meaningful support to parents in addition to legal counsel and advocacy
Four Questions, Seven Judges
Seven-judge pilot project in Iowa reduces number of child removals by asking social workers a series of four questions before approving a request to remove a child