Family Preservation & Support
A New Direction
Our Family Preservation & Support services are designed to keep families safe, connected, and whole when challenges arise. Family Preservation and Reunification services are delivered in the home by a skilled team of coaches and case managers who support families through transitions, help them create structure, and stand beside them to overcome times of hardship. By strengthening family relationships, providing guidance, and establishing structures that ensure safety and connection, families can heal, become resilient, and thrive.
To learn more about these programs, please click on the link below or select from the drop-down menu above.
Family Resource Connection & Preservation Services
Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) provides short-term, community-based support to help families strengthen relationships, build parenting skills, access resources, and remain safely together. Services are tailored to each family’s needs and primarily take place in the home.
Family Success Coach
Success Coaches partner with families to strengthen relationships, support children’s well-being, and create safe, stable, and nurturing homes. Through guidance, education, and connections to resources, coaches help families navigate challenges and build lasting success. This post-permanency program supports families who have welcomed children through reunification, adoption, guardianship, or permanent kinship placement.
FAQs
What are family preservation and reunification services?
Family preservation and reunification services help families build stability, strengthen relationships and remain safely together when possible. Through Family Preservation & Support, Landmarks for Families provides individualized family preservation services and post-permanency support for eligible reunified, kinship and adoptive families.
How does Landmarks for Families help families stay together?
Through Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS), Landmarks for Families helps eligible families address challenges affecting their safety and stability. Support may include parenting education, case management, home visits, family counseling and connections to community resources. Services are tailored to each family’s needs to help strengthen relationships and, when possible, prevent out-of-home care.
Are family preservation services provided in the family's home?
Yes. Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) is a community-based program, with services primarily provided in the family’s home. This allows staff to work directly with families on parenting skills, communication, everyday challenges and accessing resources. Services are individualized based on each family’s needs and goals.
What is the Family Success Coach Program?
Family Success Coach Services provides post-permanency support for eligible reunified, kinship and adoptive families. Family Success Coaches help families strengthen relationships, navigate challenges and connect with resources that support long-term stability. Services may include parenting guidance, educational advocacy, family communication and social and emotional support.
How can a family access Family Preservation & Support services?
Referral and eligibility requirements vary by program. Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) requires a referral from the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), while Family Success Coach Services has separate eligibility requirements for reunified, kinship and adoptive families. Contact Landmarks for Families or review the individual program pages for current referral information.
