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TANF STATE PLAN STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Page 21 Effective Date: January 1, 2017 Family Preservation services are designed to: help families alleviate crises that might lead to out-of-home placement of children; maintain the safety of children; support families preparing to reunite or adopt; and assist families in obtaining services and other supports necessary to address their needs. These services may include: parent skill training; premarital and marriage counseling and mediation services; activities to promote parental access; initiatives to increase the capacity of fathers to provide emotional and financial support; and crisis or intervention services. These services are provided by community-based nonprofit agencies.

Specific services programs include, but are not limited to:

 Preventive Services for Families  Child Protection: Working Together as Community Partners  Families First of Michigan  Family Reunification Program  Child Safety and Permanency Planning  Parent Partner Program  Wraparound Services  Parent Partner Program

 Post-Adoption Services – Provides supportive services to adoptive parents and children, such as individual or group support, child or family mentoring, information and referral, crisis intervention, community and recreational services, educational support, and service coordination.

 Various United Way programs – Support programs that provide parenting and family preservation services.