Wayne County Family & Children First Council connects the dots to eliminate redundancy and bring resources together for planning, monitoring and improving outcomes for families and children.

How We Do It

• Wayne FCFC provides Service Coordination to help families who receive services from multiple systems. It brings children, families and service providers together in a way that fosters communication, coordination and collaboration. (See Program tab)

• Wayne FCFC works with Diversion (a multi-system team) that uses a strength-based approach to planning services and a flexible wrap around fund to help prevent unnecessary placement of children away from their families. (See Program tab)

• Wayne FCFC oversees Early Intervention through Help Me Grow. It provides coordinated early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of 3 with developmental delays or disabilities. Families work with their teams to create an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) to use their existing supports and resources-- and build on them-- to learn how to enhance their child's learning and development. (See Program tab)