Program areas at Johnson County Youth Services
The families in transition program provides practical information on dealing with the effects of divorce on children and how to work cooperatively to meet the needs of children. The fit program gives fathers and mothers tools to answer these questions and build stronger relationships with their children. Children and parents learn how to have more fun when they spend time together. Children learn that they can share their worries and concerns with their parents. Parents make rules clearer and misbehaviors decrease.
Project safe place, a 24-hour immediate crisis intervention program for Youth who are 7 to 17 years old. Youth can access the program by calling or texting the safe place helpline or by walking into participating community locations and talking to a designated safe place site contact who will connect them with Youth Connections. Services may range from helping Youth work through family problems to providing temporary emergency housing in partnership with the host homes program which serves homeless and runaway Youth with case management Services, the opportunity to resolve conflicts and problems, and temporary shelter. Safe place aims to deter juvenile delinquency through ongoing communication and education with Youth and utilizes trained professionals who listen to Youth and assist them in making good choices and finding the resources that they may need. In 2019, the safe place program reached 22,325 Youth through educational workshops and presentations at schools in Johnson and morgan counties.
The children's visitation center offers children the opportunity to develop a healthy relationship with their non-custodial parent. Children and parents are able to foster a healthy relationship through supervised visitations, observations, and a healthy and safe environment to spend time together. The center is open during working hours, evenings, and on weekends. It also offers a child exchange service (drop off or pick up) for separated parents to have a neutral place to exchange custody of their child. Supervised visits are facilitated by experienced and trained professionals. Referrals to the center serve as a valuable resource to separated families in need, the courts, human service organizations, guardians ad litem, parenting time coordinators, and dcs. In 2019, the children's visitation center helped 54 families totaling 500 hours throughout Johnson and morgan County.
Custody evaluations, jumpstart program, and family monitoring.