WASHINGTON COUNTY APPROVED BUDGET
FY 2026
Family Center piloted a socialization program for families on the waitlist. This initiative supports continued case management for families with young children, even after completing a GED program and offers opportunities for literacy activities and Parent and Child Together (PACT) time. FSP partnered with WCPS to take a proactive approach in addressing early truancy with the hope of decreasing chronic truancy numbers and the need for court intervention. FSP conducted supportive home visits and provided individualized interventions, as well as broader community outreach to communities where barriers to school success exist. FSP workers utilized trauma informed interventions to enhance parents’ caregiving capacity and increase their utilization of age - appropriate parenting techniques. The DADS Connection has served 77 fathers through 4/30/25 ( which exceeded our FY2025 goal of serving 75 fathers) , with 20 being gainfully employed for 90 days with an average hourly rate of $18.50 per hour ( which exceeded our FY2025 goal of 12 fathers being employed at an average rate of $17 per hour). The program has assisted in the process of acquiring 12 birth certificates and 11 identification cards for fathers as well as building 16 resumes. Our weekly DADS Connection support group averages over six fathers in attendance each week. Our most recent fa ther’s engagement activity held at the Discovery Station had 27 fathers and children in attendance. The Safe Place Child Advocacy Center Child Protective Services Investigators and Forensic Interviewers completed 141 investigations, 47 Requests of other agencies, 160 forensic interviews, and 12 Risk of Harm Cases. This included four sex trafficking investigations, five child fatalities, and six serious physical injury cases. Additionally, the Safe Place attended over 10 outreach events to provide child maltreatment prevention information to those in attendance and hosted the Zero Abuse Project’s FIRST Response training for 40 community professionals, teaching them how to recognize, respond to, and report any form of maltreatment a child may experience.
Key Data
FY2023 Actual
FY2024 Actual
FY2025 Estimated
FY2026 Projected
Programs/Services Provided
Adult Foster Care *
20
44
21
22
School Family Liaison (Family School Partnership): Families
62
58
57
58
Children
168
133
134
135
Family Support Center: Adults
67
62
63
60
Children
68
64
69
60
DAD's
45
77
85
90
Safe Place Child Advocacy Center: Families
Not Available
210
190
200
Not Available
216
200
210
Primary Children Victims
Regional Navigator Programs: Adults
Not Available
6
9
8
Children 25 * Adult Foster Care funds are serving fewer adults due to the added cost of administrative representative payee fees, which is a new ongoing expense. Not Available 25 25
2026 Budget Document
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