Wellroot Family Services

Family Services: Wellroot expanded three evidence-based programs that connect families in crisis with the resources they need to create a safe and stable Home and help children and their caregivers build resiliency. We served 244 new mothers through healthy families North Georgia (hfng), with 73 receiving Home visiting Services that improve child well-being and prevent abuse and neglect through in-home, family-focused support. Wellroot provided functional Family therapy (fft), an in-home family-based therapeutic intervention, to 105 adolescents and their families working through complex behavioral and mental health challenges. Lastly, we trained 106 families through triple p - positive parenting program. Triple p combines group training and one-on-one coaching and gives parents and carers tools and strategies to raise their children in a safe, loving, and predictable environment. Wellroot's Family housing program supported 39 families and children facing temporary homelessness by providing housing and a safety net of intervention Services designed to enhance skills and self-sufficiency. Our outcomes include 88% of families successfully graduating from the program by achieving at least three months of saved income, stable employment, and the ability to afford their own housing.

Youth Services: our independent living program (ilp) and transitional living program (tlp) supported 41 young adults transitioning from foster care to adulthood. the programs provided housing and life-skills training that ensure financial, personal, and spiritual success. Our outcomes include 76% of tlp youth on track to complete high school or ged during the year and 100% of ilp youth with stable employment. Tlp and ilp programs maintained a+ averages in safety, permanency, and well-being. As an accredited partner of the board of child care and office of refugee resettlement, we served 182 unaccompanied children migrating to the United states through our caminos program. the program provides Home study Services for children who have entered the United states without a guardian to help them find safe, stable homes and a path toward citizenship. the program also provided post-release Services for children and their sponsor families, including school enrollment, safety planning, and referral Services.

Foster care: Wellroot trained, equipped, and supported 91 foster families and served 146 children in foster care. 67% of children discharged from foster care achieved permanency through reunification or adoption. And, 56% of our new homes were willing to care for youth 13 and older.

Community training aims to build resilient communities and educate on the impact of adverse childhood experiences to bolster efforts to keep children out of the foster system and prevent additional trauma. We used multiple evidence-based curricula to educate 1361 parents, educators, child welfare workers, and first responders. These training programs included parenting (triple p), mental wellness skills (community resiliency model), building caring connections (connections matter), and a trauma-sensitive, resilience-building positive youth development framework (reaching teens).