PSG / CIP - Kenosha County Programming
Professional Services Group
Business Services is a program that provides the opportunity to have a positive impact on the Kenosha community through the provision of employment related services to local employers that revolve around a single point of contact for employers, providing employers with hiring and human resource assistance. Outcomes are reported to benefit job applicants and local organizations.
Career Assessment and Counseling services are provided through the Kenosha County Job Center. A wide range of assessment tools are used to measure reading and math levels, training potential, vocational abilities, computer skills, and work related interests and values. Vocational resources include interactive computer software programs, occupational videos, and printed materials. All services are tailored to the needs of each individual.
Clinical Services provides assessment and therapy services to all youth and their families that are in any of the agency's programs as well as referrals from a wide variety of sources such as physicians, attorneys/courts, phone book, and social services. Clinical staff members address such issues as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, stress management and relaxation, marital/family problems, sexual assault, and problems of childhood and adolescence. Psychiatric and psychological evaluations are provided as needed for youth, adults and family members. For more information, contact (262) 652-2406.
The Court Referral Diversion Program is a joint venture with Juvenile Intake Services and works with youth on deferred prosecution agreements (DPA). The program is designed to provide additional support to youth at risk of having their DPA revoked and being referred to Juvenile Court. Successful completion of the agreement means that the youth is not formally prosecuted in the already overburdened Juvenile Court.
Electronic Monitoring offers an alternative to incarceration and out-of-home placement for juveniles through the Kenosha County Division of Human Services. Electronic Monitoring is an effective tool for the monitoring of a client's adherence to court order or case manager restrictions. The monitor creates an electronic record of client movement to confirm compliance with house arrest or curfew.
Family Systems Therapy provides home-based, intensive family treatment that addresses serious antisocial behavior in youth who are involved in the Kenosha County Juvenile Court System. Referrals are received through the Court Services Unit of the Department of Children & Family Services. The primary goals of this program are to reduce delinquent behavior, prevent out-of-home placements, and to improve family functioning.
Families First provides intensive case management services to children with severe emotional disabilities and their families who are at risk of psychiatric inpatient hospitalization or other out-of-home placements. Services reflect the concept of families being equal partners and are based on family strengths as well as needs. Referrals can come from the Department of Human Services, Crisis Intervention programs, schools and/or the community.
Home Detention provides frequent and consistent monitoring of youth detained in their homes or other non-secure living arrangements. Home Detention serves as an alternative to secure placement for juveniles in need of added structure and monitoring. The program monitors compliance with court ordered or case manager mandated restrictions placed on youth prior to (and after) the court disposition hearing.
Intensive In-Home Services provides services to families involved in the formal social services system for abuse, neglect, truancy, and/or delinquency issues. Parent mentors, therapists and substance abuse counselors provide intensive in-home services to families to address such issues as mental health, alcohol/other drug abuse, parenting, and family conflict. Referrals for this program are staffed with the Service Review Team (SRT) for case planning and consultation.
The Intensive Aftercare Program provides services to youth placed out of their home in corrections, residential treatment centers, foster care and treatment foster care. This program works with the youth and the institution or foster home to ensure that an effective plan of care is established to address the current treatment needs so that the youth can be returned home or to a less restrictive placement as quickly as possible.
Community Impact Programs
Adult Family Care licenses homes in Southeastern Wisconsin that provide services to adults who are unable to live independently. These adults are primarily developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and/or frail elderly. These adults are rarely court ordered into the program, however, they have often been determined to be incompetent and have/need a legal guardian.
The Bridges Program is a joint effort between the Kenosha Co. Division of Human Services and the Kenosha Unified School District. The focus is on students that have been expelled from their school and have gotten approval from the school board to attend the center (first time delinquents, status offenders, and other "at risk" juveniles who are violators of school attendance requirements). This program utilizes a number of resources sequentially, progressing students back into the conventional school environment.
Comprehensive Day Treatment Services is designed to meet the needs of severely delinquent youth and their families. The program provides individual, group and family counseling, structured activities, curfew checks, crisis intervention, school support, assessment and referral. Staff network with other agencies, including the Kenosha County Division of Human Services, Kenosha Human Development Services, the PACT Program, Kenosha Unified School District and Juvenile Court.
Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect is responsible for ensuring that coordination occurs across disciplines in the investigation of child sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and severe neglect. Multi-disciplinary team meetings are convened regularly with representatives from the Kenosha County Department of Human Services, law enforcement, Juvenile Court Intake Services, the District Attorney's Office, the Victim/Witness Program, Probation and Parole, Kenosha Unified School District, community service agencies, and the medical and mental health communities.
Drug-Free Communities is a federally funded grant designed to reduce youth substance abuse and strengthen community collaboration among non-profit and government agencies involved in alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. This project works in collaboration with the Concerned Citizens Coalition on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for Greater Kenosha to implement educational programming and reduce youth substance abuse in Kenosha County.
Resource Development is responsible for the recruitment and retention of foster parents and child care providers for the Kenosha County Division of Social Services. Licensing and certification studies are conducted to examine qualifications of applicants and ensure all State requirements are met. Resource Development staff provide training opportunities for foster parents and child care providers.
The TIME Program is a self contained, complete, alternative school to meet the needs of adjudicated, emotionally disturbed and other high risk youth who are unable to function in a conventional educational setting. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse counseling, anger management, individual, group, and family therapy is an accepted part of the daily curriculum.
Treatment Foster Care recruits, licenses, and trains foster parents to provide homes for high-risk/special needs children and adolescents who are considered at risk for medium to long term placement outside of their natural home and/or community. Professional program workers provide social work and other support services including weekly individual, group and/or family mental health and/or AODA counseling and foster family problem solving and needs resolution meetings.
Youth Outreach provides liaison services to Kenosha County elementary, middle school and high school aged students. Prevention and intervention efforts address the needs of students who are at-risk for truancy, gang involvement, academic difficulties, delinquency and child abuse. Referrals originate from the Kenosha County Division of Children and Family Services, the Prevention Services Network, Juvenile Court Intake and the Kenosha Unified School District.
WIA Youth Employment is a joint effort with the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha, and provides WIA eligible participants, ages 14 to 21, assessment planning, basic or remedial education, mentoring, counseling, case management services and follow up. These services are essential for participants to become positive, contributing workers and citizens.