FAMILY SERVICE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY PA

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION: SCHOOL-BASED, IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PREVENT AND INTERVENE IN THE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. PREVENTION INITIATIVES INCLUDE POTTSTOWN FAMILY CENTER, CHELTENHAM COMMUNITIES THAT CARE (CTC), POTTSTOWN COMMUNITY COALITION FOR YOUTH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL COMMUNITY PREVENTION PROJECT, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF NATIONAL MODEL PARENT EDUCATION AND FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS. THE FAMILY CENTERS SERVE FAMILIES WITH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: PARENTS AS TEACHERS; PARENT CAF, FAMILIES IN RECOVERY; POTTSTOWN EARLY ACTION FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS (PEAK); PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS; PARENT-CHILD PLAYGROUPS; FAMILY REUNIFICATION AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE FAMILY CENTERS SERVE FAMILIES WITH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: PARENTS AS TEACHERS; PARENT CAF, FAMILIES IN RECOVERY; POTTSTOWN EARLY ACTION FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS (PEAK); PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS; PARENT-CHILD PLAYGROUPS; FAMILY REUNIFICATION AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. MONTGOMERY COUNTY REENTRY INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE AGENCY IN COLLABORATION WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT PROBATION AND PAROLE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED TO INTERVENE WITH HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE THE RATES OF RECIDIVISM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL REENTRY. CASE MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL MODEL INTERVENTION APPROACHES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE COMMUNITY AND IN-HOME.

HOUSING - HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER (HRC) IS A RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO PERMANENT HOUSING WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHO ARE HOUSING UNSTABLE. THE SHARE HOUSING PROGRAM MATCHES HOME HOSTS WITH HOME SHARERS, ONE OF WHOM MUST BE A SENIOR, TO HELP ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE HOUSING INITIATIVE (ARHI) PROVIDES SHORT-TERM ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO FAMILIES REFERRED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH. MONTGOMERY COUNTY REENTRY INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE AGENCY IN COLLABORATION WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT PROBATION AND PAROLE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED TO INTERVENE WITH HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE THE RATES OF RECIDIVISM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL REENTRY. CASE MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL MODEL INTERVENTION APPROACHES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE COMMUNITY AND IN-HOME.