The On My Way Home Program is an access and supervised visitation program . Family reunification in child welfare refers to the process of returning children in foster care with their birth parents. Reunification is the common goal for children in foster care, as well as the most common outcome. It’s estimated by the Child Welfare Information Gateway that about half of the children in foster care end up being reunified with their parents. Seeing that more than half of children who leave foster care are reunified with their families, it is important that the welfare system focuses on helping parents achieve successful reunification. To do this Child Welfare agencies implement multidimensional strategies that build on family strengths and address concerns.
Our goal at EMCS as an organization is to provide elite services such as The On My Way Home Program. We strive to provide a comfortable, home-like environment for supervised visitation, transportation assistance, and court-ordered parenting classes.
Started June 2022, EMCS hosts a free “Over The Moon Day Camp” for participants of our mentorship program. The week-long camp provides breakfast, lunch and snacks. Camp is held at the Grace House.
Why Try is a tool-kit utilized to educate students about resilience and critical thinking skills. EMCS partners with UWECA to deliver to the students of the Success Academy. Success Academy is funded by the local judicial system and the
Department of Youth Services. Why Try is implemented in conjunction to Parent Project.
Traveler's Transport is designed to provide transportation for children heading toward family reunification within foster care.
EMCS' goal is to provide professional, consistent services to the identified kids and their families. This is a partnership with The Calhoun County Department of Human Services and Medicaid.
Starting August 1, 2024, EMCS will provide shuttle service for TANF benefits recipients. These transports will be for parents and their children.
The Full Moon Mentorship Program is an in-school, evidence-based curriculum designed to empower displaced children exposed to abuse or neglect. Our Life Coaches work with participants 10 to 17 years of age to deliver a prevention program to support, educate, and encourage reducing abuse and neglect.
The Family Liaison and Social Workers serve the caregiver with collaborative support to reach goals, assist with behaviors, parenting and case management services for an improved quality of life. This program is partially funded by Children's Trust Fund of Alabama, Calhoun County Schools, Calhoun County Commissioners Office, and Truist Bank.
The At-Risk Initiative is designed to empower youth with vital information to keep them safe. Evidence-based curriculum include dating safely, gang-violence, smoking intercession, and online-safety at Talladega High School. This program is partially funded by Children's Trust Fund of Alabama.
2GAP is a calculated collaborative cross-agency concept providing interventions and preventions for students who are experiencing deficiencies that impede their successful academic and societal success. Also, because most students in alternative schools or diversion programs are underserved, indigent, and lack resources and tools to succeed at a high rate, services such as 2GAP would provide vital tools to strengthen the student and their families. Therefore, addressing generational inability to change the outcome trajectory of school delinquencies, systemic poverty, juvenile court violations, and family dysfunction.
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