Organization: Whitington Homes & Services for
Mission: Mission: To develop independent life skills that lead to self-sufficient families.Vision: All children, youth and families are independent, self-sufficient and contributing members of society.
Activities: Whitington provides a wide array of home-based services to families and children in our community. These services include the following: Tutoring/Literacy Classes will allow individuals to achieve the education and success tools needed to become successful independent members of society. Clients receiving this service receive one on one and/or small group support in all academic areas by a highly qualified trained individual. Parent Education is a strength based service that identifies areas of need and focuses on short and long term goals to reduce safety risks for children. Whitington practitioners safely maintain children in their homes, preserve, support, stabilize and promote the well-being of families. They also help facilitate reunification of children back home. Please see Schedule O for further information.
Adoption Home Studies help to prepare the adoptive, foster and kinship home for the adoption journey. The home study process documents that the home (structurally, emotionally, etc.) is suitable for an adoptive placement. The process requires one-on-one meetings with prospective adoptive parents and several visits to the home. The home study prepares adoptive parents in understanding the commitment they are making to provide a permanent home for the child or children they will be including in their family. Our staff is committed to treating the family with dignity and sensitivity as we walk beside them through each step of the home study process. Services are at the convenience of the family, are performed in the home and completed within 90 days of referral. Please see Schedule O for further information.
Children's Mental Health Wrap-Around (CMHW) provides services for families with children and youth who have serious emotional problems. Caseworkers focus on providing extra help within the home. Services include transportation, training and support, consultive clinical and therapeutic services, respite care, funds for certain one-time purchases and habilitation. We provided 169.5 hours of service to 9 clients under this program during 2019.
NTEE category: Human Services
Secondary category: Mental Health & Crisis Intervention