Parenting Time Support Services
Coaching Parents, Promoting Healthy Family Relationships
Family & Children Services works with Parenting Support Services, a Kalamazoo County program that allows children to interact with their parents in a safe environment to maintain the parent/child bond and practice parenting skills.
Promoting Family Relationships
Family & Children Services works with the Parenting Time Support Services program, which is designed for Kalamazoo County families who are involved with MDHHS CPS or who have one or more children in out-of-home placement.
Program Overview
Parenting Time Support Services promotes the development of family relationships by allowing parents to take the lead during visits with their children, make choices, and practice routines that may be adapted to home life with the child(ren).
The family and Visit Coach collaborate to establish:
- Establish a schedule of parenting time.
- Discuss child behavior.
Related services include:
- Meeting transportation needs to and from visits.
- Teach parenting skills, depending on the family needs and visitation goals.
- Assist in identifying and accessing community resources as needed.
- Identify family protective factors that need strengthening.
- Flexible scheduling.
Eligibility and Referrals
Parents and primary caregivers in Kalamazoo County, who are responsible for the care and supervision of minor children, are eligible for the program.
Referrals can be made by:
- Kalamazoo County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
- Kalamazoo County Children’s Protective Services or Foster Care Specialists.
- Foster Care Specialists.
Families with open Children’s Protective Services or foster care cases may also qualify.
Need Assistance or Information?
To learn more or to pursue a referral, please contact our Clinical Services Manager, Christine Seput, MA, LPC, by phone at 269.344.0202 or by email.