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Each year, Green Chimneys serves approximately 40 families with the expectation of preventing foster care placements for their children. Mandated Preventive 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 a healthy and stable environment for their children. Services are contracted through the Putnam County Department of Social Services.
With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.