Permanency Support Services
Service Description:Permanency Support Services is a completely free and voluntary program designed to preserve the placement of adoptive children and children who are in long-term, permanent placement with a new family.
Often, both children and parents are overwhelmed with the special needs that accompany children who have been removed from their birth family due to abuse, neglect or other barriers to keeping them with their birth parents.
The purpose of Permanency Support Services is to prevent the disruption of the newly formed family unit by providing custom-tailored support, intervention and education. Staff meets the family in their own home at times most convenient to the family.
Permanency Support Services is designed to:
- Prevent disruption of placement by providing short-term crisis intervention.
- Provide counseling, advocacy, parenting education, direct in-home support services and referral to appropriate agencies, according to individualized family needs assessment.
- Provide support to enhance the development of safe and nurturing adoptive families.
- Assist in meeting the cultural needs of adoptive children, especially in cross-racial adoption, by using the adoptive children and parents' own ethnic identity as a source of strength.
- Provides educational and skills-based workshops and support groups for permanent custodial families, legal guardians, and adoptive parents regarding issues and topics pertinent to permanency families.
Eligibility:
Adoptive parents, legal guardians, and permanent custodial families are eligible for services.
Families can self refer by calling (808) 543-8402 for an assessment.
Fees:
There are no fees charged for this program.
Funders:
Permanency Support Services is funded by the State Department of Human Services.
Your Rights
As a participant in a Child and Family Service program you have the following rights:
- The right to a humane service environment
- The right to services free from unlawful discrimination
- The right to be involved in your own service planning
- The right to confidentiality except when otherwise mandated by law
- The right to services which are least restrictive and most convenient
- The right to file a complaint if these rights are infringed
Families are expected to keep appointments made and it is hoped they will participate fully with the worker.
Locations:
Oahu
200 N. Vineyard Blvd., Bldg. B
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Phone: (808) 543-8402
Services are provided in-home and families are met on their time schedule.
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Resources:
Family Programs Hawaii
