Community Partners
Sometimes we all need a helping hand. Community Partners is here to help.
When the car breaks down, the baby won’t stop crying or a parent can’t wrap their head around the implications of their child’s new medical diagnosis, a parent’s stress level rises. Community Partners answers these needs by providing short-term case management to families, connecting them to resources in our community.
Iris Family Support Center offers Community Partners services in these counties: Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley
The Community Partners programs in Regions 3 & 6 are now managed by other organizations. Please see below for how to make requests in those counties.
Effective July 1, 2025, Region 3 Counties (Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph) will have their Community Partners requests managed through Geminus. To make a request, please call 219-757-1800.
Effective July 14, 2025, Region 6 Counties (Cass, Fulton, Howard, Huntington, Miami, Wabash) will have their Community Partners requests managed through Firefly. To make a request in those counties, please call 317-264-2700 or go to their website.
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Families with a child age 18 and younger in their household or is prenatal.
Families not receiving services through Healthy Families, involved with the Department of Child Services or Juvenile Probation for a child in the home.
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Community agencies including DCS, schools, hospitals and social service agencies refer families to Iris Family Support Center.
Call Iris to request services for your family. We’ll ask a few simple questions to make sure Community Partners is the right fit for you. If we can help, we’ll then refer you to one of our partners to begin working with your family.
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All services are provided free of charge. This program is funded by the Department of Child Services.
Community Partners will come to you. No need to make an office visit.
Iris Family Support Center works with local social service providers in each county Community Partners is offered to ensure you always have the best services available to help your family.
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Employment Searches
Domestic Violence Situations
A Child’s Truancy or Behavioral Problems
Housing Crises
Mental Health Support
Meal Planning
Medical Support
And More
Why should I call Community Partners?
Financial Strain
Families undergoing housing crises, pending evictions, and homelessness. Parents searching for employment and in need of guidance building a resume.
Mental Health Concerns
Family members experiencing mental health problems, or parents feeling overwhelmed managing their children and their home. Children could be in crisis because of parents’ job loss, death in the family, or divorce.
Safety
Families struggling with domestic violence, or children with ongoing truancy and behavior problems which affect the entire family.
Community Resource List
As families encounter challenges and questions, finding the right place to go can be the first obstacle. Iris Family Support Center’s Community Resource List helps families overcome that obstacle by having an easy to search database of the resource in our area.
This project is supported by funding from the Indiana Department of Child Services and its Community Partners for Child Safety program. Iris provides Community Partners for Child Safety services throughout 6 counties in Northeast Indiana.
You can find the list by clicking the button below. Similar printable PDF versions of this list for each county are available at the bottom of the page that’s linked below.
Partner Agencies
Iris Family Support Center proudly provides Community Partners for Child Safety services throughout DCS Regions 4 through a contract awarded by the State of Indiana. A core part of this service is partnering with local organizations to support children and families. We subcontract services to the following partner agencies:
