Reunification Program

The Reunification Services provided by Agape for Youth, Inc. is a response to the request for intensive service to biological families and/or primary families of youth in foster care or out of home care. These services are possible as a result of a grant awarded to Agape from Montgomery County Job and Family Services in 2008.

The program is intended to serve families who are in the process of having children re-integrated into the family after an out-of-home placement.

These services are designed for families who are in need of help to safely and smoothly re-integrate their child(ren) to the home, but require additional support due to the child's age and/or behavior, parents behavior and/or emotional problem, length of child's out-of-home placement, or the parent being unfamiliar with child development.

The Reunification Services are used to help children trust the home environment and help the parent(s) develop the skills they need to effectively protect and parent their children. The services provided are both traditional and non-traditional services and are short term and intensive.

The purpose of the program is to stabilize the home environment and provide the families with the necessary resources to continue to succeed once the service being provided by Agape are complete.

The success of the program in 2008 resulted in the grant being renewed in 2009, and again being renewed for 2010. Based on the success of the program in Montgomery County, Butler County Children Services is now utilizing Agape to provide Reunification Services to biological families.