Green Chimneys

The Mandated Preventive Services program is contracted through the Putnam County Department of Social Services. Each year, the program serves more than three dozen families with the expectation of preventing foster care placements for their children. Services include case counseling and coordination, substance abuse treatment and mental health referrals, entitlement and housing assistance, and other services that families may need in order to create healthy and stable environments for their children. All services are free and confidential.

Mandated Preventive Services are provided to children and their families for the purpose of preventing a child/children's placement in or return to foster care. For family members, we offer support to address the stress-related issues that have brought them to the attention of Social Services. Preventive Services are offered to families in which there is an at-risk child/children under the age of 18.

Services which may be provided include:

• Case management
• Case planning
• Casework contacts
• Daycare services
• Homemaker services
• Home management services
• Clinical services
• Parenting/parent aide services
• Transportation services
• Emergency shelter
• Preventive housing services
• Intensive home-based family preservation services
• Crisis hotline
• Recreational services