Provides services to children and Families to include child protection, family counseling, foster care and adoption services, local contact on the International Hague Convention for Missing and Abducted Children, education on parenting and child advocacy through the Convention on the Rights of the Child Based on the principles of the International Convention On the Rights of the Child, The Family Services Division respects and recognizes the Family as the first and best resource for children. Programmes are designed to strengthen and support families with children. Family Counseling and Support is aimed at preserving the family and keeping children at home. Child Protection includes investigations into child abuse and neglect and care of children in protective custody with the goal of reunification with relatives. Adoption provides for a permanent loving home for every child.
Families are prepared for the legal process of adoption.
To provide parents and community leaders with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to fulfill their responsibility for the care and protection of children and promote survival and optimum development. To provide services that meet the needs of disabled persons and improve the quality of their lives, thereby, empowering and promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities into the Belizean Society. The Division offers screening and assessment of infants and babies whereby they deliver a comprehensive programme in order to ensure early detection of disabilities and appropriate treatment programmes. Service to persons with disabilities includes the provision of regular home based visits in order to monitor status, identify needs and provide appropriate care. In addition, they maintain a stock of rehabilitation aids and prosthesis for loan on a temporary basis.