In-Home Services

In Home Protective Services, often referenced by the acronym IHPS, is a Philadelphia-based program, in which the family and the social worker identify, structure and implement mutually acceptable goals to improve family functioning.  Families are taught skills and the importance of accepting responsibility for their own lives. These services help to make removal of the child from the home unnecessary or, when the child is already in foster care, help prepare families for the child's return home.

The Family Preservation Program in Philadelphia serves highly-challenged families and children through intense social work intervention, including: 24-hour a day, seven-day a week accessibility; 10-15 hours of direct family contact a week; and concrete community linkages. The program helps these families remediate situations in which neglect, poor parenting, extreme parent-child conflict or substance abuse place the children at risk, so that removal of the children from the home will not be necessary.

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.