Programs and Services

SPCC’s SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS are those that offer services linking students, their families, the school and the community through collaboration and support.

SPCC’s After School Programs provide direct services to children through a school/family approach designed to impact children’s lives in a positive way. Students stay after school working with teachers and youth counselors participating in activities offered through a diverse curriculum including creative academic enhancements, tutoring services, social/recreational activities and arts and cultural experiences. SPCC’s After School Programs are offered at Clara Barton School #2, and at Thomas Jefferson High School and James P.B. Duffy School # 12.

 

SPCC’s HOME-BASED PROGRAMS are those that offer services linking children, their families and the community through collaboration and support.

 

Teen-Age Parent Support Services (TAPSS) offers individual and group counseling for pregnant and parenting teens and their families. Case managers help to address issues such as housing, healthcare, education, employment and parenting. Groups offer education, support, socialization and parenting skills training. Job workshops are also held throughout the year focusing on finding and maintaining employment. Transportation and child care are provided for all groups. In-home parenting services are also available to teen parents using the Parents As Teachers curriculum – a nationally recognized model for successful parenting. All services are provided free of charge and are available to youth age 21 or under. The newest addition to the TAPSS program is the Young Fathers component, which is able to serve young fathers up to age 25. Case management services and employment services are now available to young fathers and are focused on assisting young men with enrolling in educational programs and obtaining employment. Paid internships with the possibility for future hire are also available to TAPSS clients through collaboration with local businesses.

The Family Outreach Program is a family counseling and case management program designed to help parents whose children are at risk of foster care placement cope with the challenges of parenthood and to help them to raise their children in a nurturing and supportive atmosphere. Services are provided in the home and include individual and family counseling as well as parenting skills training. A second component of this program is the Family Outreach Trauma Program which provides home-based crisis intervention and short-term counseling services to assist children and families who have experienced the death of a child or in cases involving severe abuse or injury of a child. The program works to address issues surrounding this trauma and/or loss. Services include comprehensive assessment, counseling, treatment planning, referrals and advocacy. Response to a family experiencing a trauma is provided within 48 hours (or less) of referral and duration of services is generally 3 to 6 months. Referrals for both programs must be made through MCDHS Preventive Unit.

The Family Violence Program is a home and agency-based program providing a wide array of services for children and families impacted by domestic violence. Services include but are not limited to: individual, family and group counseling for non-offending adults and their children. The Family Violence Program offers crisis intervention, supportive counseling, parenting skills training, advocacy, information and referral. It is the only home-based program working with children impacted by domestic violence within this community. In addition to our home-based work, we offer groups at our agency that serve children 3-6 years old and the non-offending parent. Services are typically provided for six months and are available to families who live in the Monroe County area. All services are voluntary and free of charge and referrals are made by contacting the agency.

The Supervised Visitation Program provides a safe, supportive and neutral setting for children to visit the non custodial parent in cases where child abuse, domestic violence or other issues of family discord prevent them from visiting without supervision. This structured visitation setting provides parents an opportunity to learn and improve parenting skills through individualized parent education and role modeling. All visits take place at SPCC in comfortable, home-like rooms furnished with games, toys and craft activities for families to enjoy and share. Supervision is provided by staff and trained volunteers. The Supervised Exchange Program offers a safe, neutral and supervised setting for the exchange of children from their custodial to their non-custodial parent and back again following a period of unsupervised visitation. Families requiring either level of supervision benefit from SPCC’s friendly, home-like environment where we are able to balance the need for safety and security with the need for quality time between parents and their children.