Methodist Children’s Home

ABOUT FAMILY OUTREACH
MCH Family Outreach supports
families during crisis situations,
while strengthening the family and
supporting each child’s healthy
development. MCH offers family
preservation services, foster care,
education and outreach, and services
to support grandparents who
are raising their grandchildren.
Services are offered across Texas
and in New Mexico.
FOSTER CARE OUTCOMES
(Fiscal Year 2011-2012)
100%
EDUCATION
The percentage of schoolage
children who remain
in school or graduate while
receiving services.
100%
SAFETY
The percentage of children
who are safe from abuse/
neglect while in care.
98%
TRANSFERS
The percentage of children who
transfer less than two times
between MCH foster homes.
90%
DISCHARGES
The percentage of children who
are discharged to less restrictive
environments consistent with
their placement.
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MCH Family Outreach
Highlights in MCH Family Outreach from 2011-2012
Nurturing Parenting
MCH Family Outreach adopted, conducted
training and began utilizing the
Nurturing Parenting curriculum to support
our outreach efforts in each community
with parent education. This
program enables us to help families
increase their skill level and knowledge
of the developmental process of their
children, improve their interactions with
their children, and provide education to
parents in vulnerable situations.
Family Solutions
MCH Family Outreach implemented Family
Solutions in six offi ce locations. This
will allow us to work more closely with
families to fi nd ways for them to meet
the basic needs of their children through
coordinated family assessment, service
planning, resource development and ongoing
case management services. The
program design will facilitate our continued
efforts to work with community partners
in each area. Family Solutions will
allow us to have a greater impact on the
families we serve, and it supports our
goal to implement evidence-based programs
with outcomes that are based on
standardized measures.
Continuous Quality Improvement
MCH Family Outreach continued to
revise and improve the Continuous
Quality Improvement (CQI) processes
for outreach services. The CQI process
helps us monitor our outputs and outcomes
and holds us accountable to
established goals for outreach services.
Staff members are aware of the process
and actively participate to help the
department comply with standards, contracts,
policy and procedure, and expectations
of several outside entities.
MCH FAMILY OUTREACH PROFILE
MCH and UTMB:
Sharing a life-changing
mission for newborns
The MCH outreach offi ce in Houston
and the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB) in Galveston have
partnered for more than 10 years
by serving mothers who give birth
in prison. Mothers in the Texas
Department of Corrections (TDC) unit,
Carole Young Medical Facility, often
are in need of a loving temporary
home for their newborns.
More than a decade ago, a TDC
chaplain saw a need for these mothers
and voiced his concerns to the
UTMB staff. The UTMB caseworker
contacted our Houston outreach
offi ce. The relationship evolved and
now MCH is known as a trustworthy
and reliable agency for voluntary
placements while the mothers complete
their prison sentence.
“It feels great to be able to help
parents who do not have anyone else
willing or able to care for their children,”
said Veronica Whalon-Peters,
director of the Houston offi ce. “MCH
has great foster parents who love,
care and nurture these little ones
while their parents work on improving
their situation for themselves and
their children.”