What We Do
Wrapping infants and toddlers in evidence-backed supports.
The SBCT approach connects children ages 0-3 and their families to the services and support they need. The goal is for children to maintain healthy development and have lasting permanency, specifically family reunification, whenever safely possible.
The SBCT approach relies on the sustained cooperation of numerous individuals, working on grassroots teams.
Community Coordinators serve as a support to the parents, the children, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, and to service providers. Community Coordinators have lived experience and will offer holistic, compassionate mentoring to parents in order to best connect them to the services they need. Their goal will be to make sure parents feel heard and empowered on their path towards reunification.
A Family Team will form for each individual family in the program. The Family Team will participate in monthly meetings, which will provide support for the parent and the children. All parties involved in a hearing will participate in the Family Team. Service providers will also be invited to join.
Parents and caretakers are integral members of the Safe Babies Court Team approach. SBCT values birth parents by continually assessing and reassessing the parents’ needs and responding to these needs in every regard. The first goal of SBCT is always reunification. SBCT initiatives are trauma-informed and promote a positive impact on protective factors in families to increase long-term success and stability apart from the child welfare system.
Relative and non-relative caretakers are crucial to any child’s experience while in the foster care system. For this reason, they will also be supported through SBCT to ensure supportive trauma-informed support is available to caretakers as well.