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In-Home
Services
 In-Home
Protective Services, often referenced by the acronym IHPS, is a
Philadelphia-based program designed in response to the city’s initiative to
reduce the number of child fatalities. Families living in their own homes or in
a city shelter are referred to Tabor by the Philadelphia Department of Human
Services to address one or more threats to child safety. In conjunction with
Tabor and the family, DHS develops a plan that would enable the child to remain
safely with the family. Meeting with the family three times each week, Tabor
counsels each family to draw on its strengths, provides coaching and modeling of
parenting skills, guides the family in rectifying safety issues in the home, and
links the family to community resources. Families in local shelters receive the
combined assistance of shelter staff, Tabor and DHS in securing housing and
achieving self-sufficiency.
The Family Preservation Program, also based in
Philadelphia, is a family reunification program for highly-challenged families
and children who are returning from foster care. Tabor provides intense social
work intervention, including 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week accessibility;
at least five hours of direct family contact per week; and linkages to community
services.
Intensive Family Support
Services help Bucks County families who are experiencing challenges in
meeting their children’s needs for safety and well-being. Through a graduated
service model the program offers families the appropriate level of support and
intervention. Services are routinely provided for six months, with decreasing
intensity as the family’s skills increase. Latitude in program design allows
response to diverse family needs with a combination of case management and
therapeutic intervention.
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