What to Expect

Face-to-face hours increase or decrease depending on need, and families maintain the same worker and private agency without being referred to services as their needs change. MiFamily Together will use the 2Gen approach to provide equitable services that address the needs of all family members and increase each family’s community support network. MiFamily Together is a developing, hybrid family preservation service model that will replace the current, fragmented, central office administered family preservation service array by 2027.

MiFamily Together will have broader eligibility and flexibility to serve families as their needs change including prevention, preservation, and reunification services of any intensity of need, under one program. Families participating in MiFamily Together will work with one team and one service provider to address abuse or neglect concerns instead of referrals to multiple programs and/or service providers as their needs change. Other advantages of MiFamily Together include: