Mission: to assist families in working toward a safe and stable home, equipped with the necessary tools for immediate and future use
Goals
KEEP stands for Key Essential Elements of Permanency and is being utilized by Denver County to support kinship providers and the children in their care. Maple Star created and implemented this program to assist families and officials of participating counties and states in achieving and maintaining stability in the home and creating permanency for the related children. Through an emphasis on family engagement, the KEEP Kinship Program focuses on family strengths in an effort to identify their challenges, engage the families in the process, and work to create self-sufficiency. The success of the program rests on this premise and is further enhanced by the availability of the KEEP kinship staff as well as the creativity they provide in responding to a family’s needs. The KEEP kinship program is a strengths-based program that works in collaboration with the family and the county.
When the county kinship worker completes the Kinship Supports Needs Assessment with the family during the initial home visit, this will be when you know if a referral to the KEEP Kinship Program is appropriate. KEEP addresses most of the identified ongoing needs directly, and we can link the family with resources to help in the few areas that we do not address in depth. While we do so, we provide caseworkers with detailed notes within 24hrs of any client contact.
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