Program Outcome: Safety

Families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in either the imminent placement of the family’s child or children in out-of-home care or  the delay in the discharge of the child or children to the family from out-of-home care and Youth 18 to 24 years of age (who have not reached their 25th birthday) who left foster care – or will within 180 days – and are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.

Families with children prenatal to age 19 who have already experienced or are at higher risk for child maltreatment and other families with children prenatal to age 19

Parents with a history of neglectful and/or abusive behaviors, or who are at risk for abusive or neglectful behaviors, and their children aged 3-6 years

All families with in-home cases where the department (and the court, when applicable) believes that the child (birth to 18) can be safely maintained in their home with the introduction of services; cases where abuse and/or neglect has not been substantiated are allowed in select instances

Parents/caregivers and children (0-17) who are determined by public child welfare agencies to be unsafe with their families and who have cases opened for ongoing services

Students in 3rd through 5th grade

Parents of a newborn (usually up to 12 months of age) and/or parents in the antenatal period facing multiple disadvantages

Families who are involved with child welfare services due to physical abuse and/or neglect plus parental substance misuse

Informal and formal kinship families, relatives, and nonrelatives raising children who are not being raised by parents

Parents of children (aged 0-18) of whom custody has been taken by the State, with a drug or alcohol problem being a substantial reason for DCFS involvement