Services
The Vision
- Every child has a permanent family which provides a safe loving environment that is emotionally and economically stable;
- All children develop their full potential by having all physical, emotional, educational, cultural, spiritual, developmental, and special needs met;
- All families have the skills and resources to maintain their integrity, function to the best of their ability and be responsible to their family members;
- A community that invests in the future of its children by providing services to empower families;
- A community whose members respect diversity and support the strengths of the racial, cultural and ethnic heritage of families and neighborhoods.
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Intake Services Social workers assess the abuse or neglect concern by interviewing and observing interactions of the child and family.
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Kinship Services
Richland County Children Services Board believes that each child deserves a home. Adoption provides that permanent family. The agency screens, trains, and supports prospective adoptive parents while matching them with a child in need of a safe, nurturing home. |
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Agency News
2/2/2012
The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment is $124 billion, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Upcoming Events
2/6/2012 - 6:00pm
Gerald F. Futty Training and Learning Center
Foster parent training: Discipline (Part 2)2/8/2012 - 6:00pm
Gerald F. Futty Training and Learning Center
Foster parent training: Abuse & neglect2/11/2012 - 9:00am
Gerald F. Futty Training and Learning Center