Waccamaw Center for Mental Health

Family Preservation

The philosophy of Family Preservation Services is to prevent an out of home therapeutic placement of an identified child. The Family Preservation Services Program is designed to keep the family together by working intensely with the family unit. The Family Preservation Program works with families where the dynamics and the severity of the child’s difficulties are such that an out of home placement is imminent. 

The services are primarily delivered in the child’s home with a family focus. The Family Preservation Program also focuses on other important factors that can decrease the appropriate level of functioning such as family separation, loss of a love one, low self- esteem, lack of communication skills, anger management and academic issues, etc. The services provided are based upon the identified needs of the child and have an ecological holistic perspective.  The Family Preservation Services are multi-faceted.

The Family Preservation Program is a wraparound approach that provides services to the child and family 24 hours 7 days a week if needed.