Fire Inc
Promoting safe connections and positive parenting!
Mission
Families First Center provides family preservation services, in a safe and neutral environment, with an overall goal of healing and strengthening the family dynamic.
Ruling year
1973
Executive Director
Nicholle Probst
Main address
605 Portage Ave
South Bend, IN 46616 USA
EIN
35-1274615
NTEE code
Fire Prevention / Protection / Control (M24)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Child maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age. It includes all types of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, negligence and commercial or other exploitation, which results in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development, or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust, or power. As a community resource used by the Indiana Department of Child Services, the Saint Joseph County courts, and other Michiana social service agencies, Families First Center understands that child maltreatment is typically propagated by family. Unfortunately, 78.1% of substantiated cases of child maltreatment, a parent is the perpetrator. This indicates that in 4 out of 5 cases, the parent committed the act of child mistreatment.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Supervised Visitation
Supervised Visitation is provided between parents, children, siblings, and/or others who have been separated due to allegations of abuse or neglect, or are involved with juvenile probation. Visitation allows the child an opportunity to reconnect and reestablish the parent/child/family relationship in a safe environment. It is a time for parents to learn and practice new parenting techniques and to assess their own ability to parent through interaction with the child. Supervised visitation allows the referring agency, in most cases the Department of Child Services or the Courts of St. Joseph County, to assess the relationship between the child and parent and to assist the parent in strengthening their parenting skills, and develop new skills.
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Our results
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Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Hours of supervised visitation provided
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Related Program
Supervised Visitation
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Families First Center aims to see a decrease in child abuse and neglect rates within St. Joseph County and a decrease in the number of families who re-enter the child welfare system.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Families First Center aims to implement preventative approach strategies to strengthening the fight against child maltreatment and aims to do this through the use of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Families First Center supports children and families who have experienced abuse or neglect or are at risk for abuse or neglect by providing safe and supportive environments for families to visit one another, ongoing education and support to parents to understand their child's needs and development and home based case management services to ensure that families have the resources to be successful.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Fire Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/22/2023
Dan Manier
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