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Hibiscus Children's Center — HOPE Program (Healthy Opportunities for Parenting Excellence) Indian River County Children's services Advisory Committee counselor in the family' s home reduces barriers such as transportation, waiting lists (for mental health and substance abuse), accessing/negotiating affordable housing and child care, acquiring employment and other issues. The family' s needs are addressed in a plan developed with the family to increase their functioning and self sufficiency and ensure a safe supportive environment. Utilizing family centered, strength-based services, and the Developmental Assets model, HOPE embraces principles of inclusion of family caring and love; support; positive communications; appropriate boundaries; responsibilities; appropriate expectations and successful community involvement. The HOPE program philosophy is based on the strengths of all individuals and the family in addressing and helping them become successful. 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (this section should conform to the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet). Program Director (.25) program oversight. A minimum of 12 hours per week is designated toward the oversight of this program. The Program Director is required to have a Bachelor' s Degree, with a preference for a Master' s Degree, in social services or a related field and requires a minimum of three years supervisory and child abuse and related experience. Program Manager (.5) provides a high level of supervision to staff members, data collection, billing, as well as liaison to community agencies including UFF, DCF, and other community partners. Approximately 20 hours per week are designated to management of this program. The position requires a Bachelor' s degree, with a preference for a Master' s Degree, in social services or a related field and three years of child abuse and related experience. Family Counselor (4) provides direct services. The counselor will have a minimum of a bachelor' s degree, and two years experience providing direct services to children and families. These positions are full time exempt positions. Administrative Assistant (25) provides clerical and data entry support for the program in order to maximize staffs' time spent directly with the family. Two years of related experience is referred. Approximately 10 hours per week are designated to the program. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program? Referrals for the HOPE program will be made through Children' s Home Society and Family Preservation case managers referring high risk reunification cases. In addition, Hibiscus continues to work with Judge Levin and the Dependency Drug Court to ensure timely referrals to serve families whose children are in the process of reunifying with their families . Eligible families are deemed appropriate for services as they will require more than the standard case management, linkage and referral offered by the dependency system. The HOPE program will be able to provide more intensive interactions with the families (averaging 4-6 hours per week) and more hands on education and skill building to teach and reinforce appropriate parenting, positive communication, supportive relationship building and conflict resolution. Referrals can be accepted and families contacted within two hours ! 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e., location, transportation, hours of operation)? Counselors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Services are provided in the homes of families or at mutually determined locations. 6