MBCH Children and Family Ministries (MBCH CFM)
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Since 1886, Missouri Baptist Children's Home has been responding to the needs of hurting children and youth.  One hundred twenty-one years ago the needed response was an orphanage for abandoned and orphaned infants.  More than a century has passed and an orphanage for infants is no longer the greatest need.  Today our most critical concern is the disintegration of the family unit.  Child abuse, abandonment, behavioral problems and emotional disturbances bring hundreds of children to the Children's Home each year

MBCH Children and Family Ministries is the nonprofit, tax-exempt subsidiary of Missouri Baptist Children's Home that provides programs and services for children, youth, adults and families.  We offer our services to anyone regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, handicap or income.  The current scope of services includes, long-term residential care for children ages 6-18, 30-day emergency care for children age 6-14, Pregnancy Counseling and Supportive Services Program, Transitional Living Program for both girls and boys age 16-21, group home living for developmentally disabled adults, family counseling and foster/adoptive placements.

Through each of these programs, the goal of MBCH Children and Family Ministries is to meet the changing needs of society's children, youth and families.  With service locations in Branson, Bridgeton, Jefferson City, Joplin, Lee's Summit, Mt. Vernon, Peculiar, Springfield and Southeast Missouri, MBCH Children and Family Ministries is privileged to serve children and their families from across the state.

In 2008, 442 clients were served on one of our three campuses and 1,427 additional clients were served through off-campus programs.  We provided 203,547 days of service delivery in 2008 - an increase of 22% over 2007.

 

FAMILY WORKS

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MBCH Children and Family Ministries has a program model called "Family Works" that guides ministry conducted in all of its programs.  There are four components to this model:

  • Permanency - Every client served deserves to have a permanent family.  Family can be defined in many ways:  Biological family members, adoptive family or an independent living situation.  Residential centers and foster families are stepping-stones to finding permanency.
  • Family - MBCH Children and Family Ministries believes that every child has the right to a loving, caring family.  We also believe that children will not get better until their families get better.  Therefore, we work with both the family and child.
  • Community - Our goal is to help the child and family find the resources they need to be a functioning and successful family in their community.  As professionals we always seek to find resources for the child and family, not become that resource for them.  As professionals we realize that we have a beginning and an end with the family.  We seek to find those in the community who can be natural, long-term supports.
  • Spiritual - We never criticize or belittle other religions or faith traditions; instead, we seek to find ways that we can show and tell our clients about the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.

 

PHILOSOPHY OF CARE

The agency's Philosophy of Care shows how our staff practically live out the Family Works Model.  The Philosophy of Care has three components to providing care for our clients:  Initiation of Care, Duration of Care and Continuation of Care.  Each of these is explained below:

Initiation of Care

Philosophical Statement:

"Embracing tomorrow starts with today"

Key Scripture:

"See I am doing a new thing!" Isaiah 43:19a

When there is a new partnership with a client, we ensure a connected relationship through the following components...acceptance, belonging, and care.

Tasks:

  • WE ENSURE ACCEPTANCE by openly receiving clients into one of our programs.
  • WE ENSURE BELONGING by helping our clients feel they matter.
  • WE PROVIDE CARE by helping our clients know that MBCHCFM is going the extra mile to help them "start a new thing."

Duration of Care

Philosophical Statement: 

"It's All About Relationships"

Key Scripture: 

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you" Matthew 7:12a

When services are being rendered to our clients, we ensure a connected relationship through the following components...treatment, commitment, positivism and nurturance.

Tasks:

  • WE TREAT our clients as unique individuals by creating goals that are authentic, realistic and directly related to their lives "outside of care."
  • WE COMMIT OURSELVES to modeling healthy relationships, and being a positive influence in clients' lives.
  • WE EMBRACE POSITIVE strides towards the completion of goals.
  • WE NURTURE FAMILY growth by creating opportunities that will help to achieve permanency.

Continuation of Care

Philosophical Statement:

"Say hello to new faces and places."

Key Scripture:

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press toward the goal for the prizes of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ." Philippians 3:13-14

When our clients are exiting MBCHCFM program services, we ensure continuation of care by doing the following:

Tasks:

  • WE ENSURE SUCCESS by helping our clients become knowledgeable about and prepared for the next step by connecting them to the community, church, agency, etc.
  • WE CELEBRATE SUCCESS by discussing with clients the specific positive growth seen in them.
  • WE CONTINUE SUCCESS by connecting with our clients after services have ended.

Performance and Quality Improvement Program

MBCH Children and Family Ministries is an agency that seeks to continuously improve its services to clients and always seeks to provide support to its employees to enable them to provide the best services possible.  Our Performance and Quality Improvement Philosophy includes the following:

  • No matter how good we are there is always room for improvement
  • The opinions and ideas of each person  have great value for the agency
  • Most problems are found in processes, not in people, so we seek to improve processes, not blame people

MBCH Children and Family Ministries' performance and quality improvement program includes its clients (children, youth, adults and families), staff, board of trustees, foster and adoptive parents, professionals with whom we worki in the community, etc.  We seek input from each of these categories of people to determine strengths of the programs and areas we need to improve in the following ways:

  • Clients:  We seek input through an annual survey and one at discharge from our services
  • Foster/Adoptive Parents:  We seek input through an annual survey, parent support groups, annual evaluations, home visits, etc.
  • Staff:  We seek input through an annual survey, Performance and Quality Improvement teams, departmental team meetings, etc.
  • Board of Trustees:  We seek input through an annual survey as well as suggestions received at quarterly board meetings.
  • Community Professionals:  We see input through an annual survey.

Other ways we work on performance and quality improvement include the following:

Each program in MBCH Children and Family Ministries has a set of outcomes that measures the effectiveness of the services received by clients.  These outcomes are reported on once every six months and corrective action is put into place as needed.

Each quarter a Performance and Quality Improvement report is submitted and reviewed that gives information on client records, client grievances, serious incidents, hotline calls, safety reports, etc.  Again, corrective action as necessary, is implemented.

Employees serve on CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) teams each year working on projects assigned based on input received from surveys, results of outcomes, and results from CQI reports.  These teams assist in making program changes that benefit the clients we serve.

MBCH Children and Family Ministries is committed to continuously working on performance and quality improvement in order to fulfill our mission of serving God by meeting the needs of our clients in order to make a lasting difference in their lives.

 

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