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Children Belong in Families.…
Being a parent in today's world is a tough job! Sometimes it is
very difficult for parents to fulfill their child-rearing
responsibilities ...they may need support to do so. The reasons for
this are often varied and complex. Everyone at times experiences
periods of stress, pain, anxiety, fear or discouragement that
interfere with the tasks of parenting.
Factors that may affect parenting include:
 | Poverty with the related problems of unemployment, lack of job
opportunities, lack of health care and substandard living
conditions; |
| Sudden stress resulting from the death or illness of a spouse or
family member; |
| Lack of support systems; |
| Developmental problems of parents struggling to meet their own
needs with little time or energy to give their child; |
| Inadequate educational opportunities, literacy or limited
intellectual capacity; |
| Difficulty adjusting to marriage, separation or divorce, single
parenthood, blended families or children leaving home; or |
| Relocation, unfavorable community conditions. |
….Families Should Be Preserved
Credit to Oswego DSS website (Permission to use
granted)
Preventive services for
children and families
are designed to support families by providing
services and resources needed to strengthen the family unit, which
enables families to remain intact and avoid unnecessary placement of
children in foster care. Families may refer themselves for this
service by calling the Unit at 315-536-5183.
Foster
Care services
provide
temporary care to children who are unable to remain with their family
due to serious problems within the family. Caseworkers work to reunite
the family. If a child cannot return to his or her own family,
the agency works to develop a permanent plan for the child through
adoption, or if the child is older, by assisting them to learn the
skills needed to live independently.
Child
Protective Services
include the receipt of reports of suspected abuse and maltreatment
of children in Yates County from the New York State Central Register.
A caseworker is assigned to each situation to assess the risk factors
and safety of the children involved and to determine if the family
needs assistance in order to keep their children safe. Reports of
suspected child abuse, neglect or maltreatment should be called in to
the State Central Register at 1-800-342-3720. This hotline is
available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Some of
the Services and Programs offered include:
foster
domestic
violence
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