family services
Household support programs
Family services refers to government agencies and nonprofit organizations that provide support to families in need—child protective services, foster care, counseling, financial assistance, and crisis intervention.
The term often appears in official contexts: She works for the Department of Family Services.
A visit from family services typically signals concern about a child's welfare or safety.
- childcare assistanceHelp raising young ones
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- housing subsidiesFinancial aid for shelter
- parenting classesInstruction in raising children
food stamps · mental health therapy · reunification · safe haven · group home · at-risk youth · crisis intervention · pediatric care · welfare · mentorship programs · unemployment benefits · kinship care · welfare check · peer support groups · prenatal care · after-school programs · referral · substance abuse treatment
- community resourceslibraries, food banks, health clinics, mental health clinics, legal aid
- Head Startschool readiness, early learning, child development, parent involvement, health screenings
- charitiesRed Cross, food bank, food banks, homeless shelter, homeless shelters
- Charity Workvolunteer programs, clothing drive, clothing drives, toy drive, meal program
- community programsafter-school programs, adult classes, summer programs, community center, computer lab
- community servicesparks, libraries, schools, resource centers, job training
family serviceschild removal
Taking minors from guardians
family separation · foster placement · institutional care · incarceration