Ending Child Maltreatment
Child maltreatment refers to child abuse and/or neglect. Often child maltreatment is so severe that a child must be placed in a foster home or other out-of-home placement. Removal of a child from their home is traumatic in itself and in most cases not necessary. Quality programs like those summarized below can treat the potential causes of child maltreatment in addition to protecting children from danger.
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Directions - Children's Outpatient »
The Directions - Children's Outpatient program allows children and families with mild to severe problems to achieve the highest level of emotional health possible through a holistic, effective approach to therapy. Services are offered in the office and in the community.
Operation PAR - COSA at the Child Development and Family Guidance Center »
COSA at the Child Development and Family Guidance Center. COSA stands for Cornerstone of Successful Achievement and serves substance abusing pregnant and parenting women whose infants and preschool children are often developmentally delayed. The program provides day treatment, outpatient treatment, drug screens, early intervention, group case management and continuing care.
PARC - Respite and Family Support Services »
Respite Care improves a family?s ability to cope with the daily stress of providing for a loved one with a disability. The program provides quality respite care to individuals from birth to 18 years of age with any developmental disability.
PCHD - Healthy Families Pinellas »
Healthy Families Pinellas is a home visiting family support program for families with pregnant mothers and newborns. Families may stay in the program for up to five years while recieving services like parent education, tracking and assessment of child development, bonding and attachment, immunizations, family centered coordinated case management, transportation, development of a Family Support Plan, crisis intervention, and referral to medical and other community-based services.
PEMHS - Emergency Response Team »
Emergency Response Team promotes the health, safety and well-being of at-risk children by providing immediate crisis and early intervention services. ERT also promotes family stability through community-based abuse and neglect prevention and referral to long term programs and services such as Total Family Strategies.
Suncoast - Family Services »
Suncoast Center, Inc. provides a broad range of community based programs for children and families designed to develop and enhance family support resources, and to resolve emotional and behavioral problems arising from mental health, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, trauma, and much more.
The Children's Home - Kinship Services Network of Pinellas »
Kinship Services provides an extensive network of local service providers to coordinate a larger system of care for relative care givers (grandparents, aunts uncles, etc.) in Pinellas County. The services provided are network navigation, case management, support groups, family activities and referrals to needed community resources.
