In-Home Family Assistance

Teaching Family Homes has a mission of educating and enabling Upper Peninsula families to make the right decisions to have a happy healthy family. We offer several programs that can help you in your journey to finding what works for your family.

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Teaching Family Homes offers three home based programs for families. These programs provide intensive in-home services to prevent out of home placement for children or to assist families after children return from foster care.

Western Families First of Michigan (FFM)

In-home programs that work directly with families to assist in developing specific goals that result in a safe and healthy environment for families residing in the Western counties of the U.P.

Central & Eastern Family Assistance Program (FAP)

Direct home-based

Family Assistance to individuals and families living in the Eastern (Luce, Chippewa, and Mackinaw counties) & Central (Menominee, Delta, and Dickinson counties) Upper Peninsula .

Juvenile Justice Diversion and Reintegration Alternatives (JJDRA)

An intensive home based service assisting families that are in crisis and are at risk of having a child removed by the Family Court.

Our Ideals

The Philosophy

Children have a right to their family.
The family is the focal point of child welfare services.
Our first and greatest investment is for the care and treatment of children in their own homes.
The family is the fundamental resource for the nurturing of children.
Parents should be supported in their efforts to care for their children.
It is in the best interest of children to remain with their families in the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary.
Families are diverse and have a right to be respected for the unique cultural, racial, ethnic, and religious traditions that make families distinct.
Children can be raised well in different kinds of families and no family should be discriminated against in favor of another.

Values & Beliefs

Safety is our first concern
Children need families
We cannot tell which families are hopeless
Troubled families can change
Clients are our colleagues
Respect our clients’ values and beliefs
It is our job to instill hope
A crisis is an opportunity for change
Inappropriate intervention can do harm

What We Do

Our Services