New "Services Referred" and "Services Provided" Options Available in CPS Cases

Service or activities for the arrangement, coordination, and monitoring of services to meet the needs of children and their families,

Services or activities provided in a setting that meets applicable standards of State and local law, in a center or in a home, for a portion of a 24-hour day.

Community-based preventive activities designed to alleviate stress and promote parental competencies and behaviors that will increase the ability of families to successfully nurture their children; enable families to use other resources and opportunities available in the community; and create supportive networks to enhance the child-rearing abilities of parents.

Activites that apply the therapeutic processes to personal, family, situational, or occupational problems in order to bring about a positive resolution of the problem or improved individual or family functioning or circumstances.

Activities involving the temporary care of the children in order to provide relief to the caregiver. May involve care of the children outside of the caregiver's own home for a brief period of time, such as overnight or for a weekend.  Not considered by the state to be a foster care or other placement.

Activities for persons with developmental, physical, emotional, visual, or auditory impairments that are intended to help maximize their potential, alleviate the effects of their disabilities, and to enable these persons to live in the least restrictive environment possible.

Domestic Violence resources for shelter, treatment, legal assistance, advocacy, counseling, and financial support.

Activities provided to improve knowledge or daily living skills and to enhance cultural opportunities.

Activities provided to assist individuals in securing employment or acquiring of skills that promote opportunities for employment.

Educational, medical, or social service activities that enable individuals, including minors, to determine freely the number and spacing of their children and to select the means by which this may be achieved.

Activities designed to help families alleviate crises that might lead to out-of-home placement of children; maintain the safety of children in their own homes; support families preparing to reunify or adopt; and assist families in obtaining services and other supports necessary to address their multiple needs in a culturally sensitive way.

Activities designed to assist a family in obtaining financial counseling services in order to assist them in creating a budget, maintaining family financial health, and to provide long-term advice on financial needs.

Activities designed to provide a family with assistance in purchasing or obtaining food in order to provide for their nutritional needs.

In-home activities provided to individuals or families to assist with household or personal care that improve or maintain family well-being. Includes homemaker, chore, home maintenance and household management services.

Activities designed to assist individuals or families in locating, obtaining, or retaiing suitable housing.

Resources or activities designed to provide facts about services made available by public and private providers, after a brief assessment of client needs (but not a diagnosis and evaluation) to facilitate appropriate referral to these community resources.

A voluntary kinship placement by the custodial parent and/or legal custodian who has custody of the child.

Activities for youth (and their families) who are, or who may become, involved with the juvenile justice system.

Activities provided by a lawyer, or other person(s), under the supervision of a lawyer, to assist individuals in seeking or obtaining legal help in civil matters such as housing, divorce, child support, guardianship, paternity, and legal separation.

Activities provided to attain and maintain a favorable condition of health.

Activities, which aim to overcome issues involving emotional disturbance or maladaptive behavior adversely affecting socialization, learning, or development. Usually provided by public or private mental health agencies and includes both residential and non-residential activities.

No services needed

Activities that have been provided to the child and/or family, but which are not included in the services listed above.

Education that teaches specific parenting skills related to development, parenting skills, techniques, or other factors that improves parenting skill and knowledge.

Activities for married or unmarried adolescent parents and their families to assist them in coping with social, emotional, and economic problems related to pregnancy and to plan for the future.

A referral to a social agency that assists and/or supports a family in preventing child abuse and/or neglect.

Therapeutic treatment that is specifically focused on treating sexual abuse, victimization, grooming and perpetration.

Activities designed to deter, reduce, or eliminate substance abuse or chemical dependency.

Activities that provide or arrange for travel, including travel costs of individuals, in order to access services, or obtain medical care or employment.