TULARE COUNTY CHILD WELFARE SERVICES (CWS)

How can CWS help?

Child Welfare Services provides a variety of programs to protect children from abusive and potentially harmful situations. These services are provided through seven various programs throughout the county, with the ultimate goal of maintaining the biological family unit whenever possible. The following programs operated by Child Welfare Services may be involved with the High Risk Infant Team:

What services do they provide?

• Emergency Response takes reports of suspected child abuse or neglect, investigates these reports and provides crisis intervention services.
• Family Maintenance provides time-limited services to prevent or remedy neglect, abuse or exploitation in an attempt to prevent separation of children from their families.
• Family Reunification provides time-limited foster care for children while services are provided to try to reunite the family.
• Permanency Planning provides and maintains an alternate permanent family structure (adoption, guardianship or long-term foster care).