Post Adoption Support Services
Mountain Youth Resources, through regional Consortiums, is dedicated to facilitating the successful placement of adopted children including those with special needs, older children, sibling groups, and medically fragile youth. This encompasses a wide-ranging package of comprehensive post adoption support and services. Post adoption services are available to all families who have adopted children. The goal of the post adoption support services program is to help families find parenting solutions that work or to help them find quality services in their local community. We are committed to providing families and children with the best support services possible in order to ensure happy and successful adoptions. We are available to Regions I, II, and III.
A crisis information hotline is available to all adoptive families. The APASS staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This allows staff to be available when a crisis arises.
Services
Post adoption support services are home and community based and provided throughout Regions I, II, II.
- Respite & Tutor Reimbursement
- Family & Community Education
- Adoption Information & Referral System
- Family Support & Counseling
- Peer Support & Groups
Consortiums
Consortiums provide a direct link between the APASS program and the adoptive community. Post adoption support services consortiums include representives from each county DSS, private adoption agencies, county family resources centers, adoptive family members and any child/family organization.
Mission
- Create and implement marketing/promotion plans to improve adoption services and awareness
- Create greater county collaboration
- Create operational guidelines and policies to improve the adoption system
- Further develop adoption performance indicators
Activities:
- Successful adoption & parenting education
- Resource facilitation
- Reimbursement support & awareness
- Strengthen partnerships within each region to improve adoptive needs
- Regional conference & training
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