Sister Mary's Intervention Services was organized and named in honor of Mrs. Mary Wardlaw.
Mrs. Mary worked for more than 25 years helping and assisting youth and families with the Department of Family and Children Services, while raising her six children along with other young
people in the communities in which she lived.
Understanding the love, devotion, and dedication for and to youth and families Mrs. Mary has always expressed, Sister Mary's Intervention Services adopts those same expressions and strives to assist the Department of Family and Children Services and other organizations with the safety, permanency, and well being of children throughout the state of Georgia.
WRAP
EARLY
PUP
CCFA
HomeStead
Parent Aid
TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES
Respite/Hoteling
HomeStead
TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES
Parent Aid
Respite/Hoteling
Sister Mary's Intervention Services
506 Donovan Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
Telephone: 912-537-7166
Fax: 912-537-7173
services@sistermarys.org
Jamie C. Wardlaw
President/CEO
jamie.wardlaw@sistermarys.org
If you would like to inquire about our services you can use the contact form below
WRAP
Wrap-Around (WA)
Services provide critical support to families when they are in crisis and when children are most vulnerable to an unsafe environment or circumstances. WA services are intended to promote safe/stable families and facilitate early reunification and/or permanency for children in care. As children enter care, the need for WA services should be determined as part of the CCFA.

Prevention of Unnecessary Placement (PUP)
The goal of the PUP Program is to reduce risk factors contributing to child maltreatment to ensure protection and safety of children. The PUP Program offers an array of support and intervention services. Through PUP, assessments and counseling may be obtained through vendors who have the necessary skills and training to address medical or mental health needs. PUP may also be used to help a family through a financial crisis with emergency rent, utilities or child care. These services are available to families with an open Investigation, Family Support, Family Preservation, Permanency or Adoption Child Welfare case.

The goal of the Homestead Program is to help stabilize families in need of intensive therapeutic intervention and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the family. The Homestead Program provides intensive, crisis-oriented, in-home counseling services that can last up to 180 days to meet the immediate/crisis-oriented needs of families while assessing the underlying causes of the family’s dysfunction. These services are available to families with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case.

Parent Aide
The goal of the Parent Aide Program is to stabilize and help families in need of intervention by providing in-home and group parenting education and referring these families to community based resources. These services can last up to 180 days. Parent Aide services are a paraprofessional family support and prevention program available to any family with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case. These services are not designed to address issues that require clinical intervention.

The goal of the Homestead Program is to help stabilize families in need of intensive therapeutic intervention and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the family. The Homestead Program provides intensive, crisis-oriented, in-home counseling services that can last up to 180 days to meet the immediate/crisis-oriented needs of families while assessing the underlying causes of the family’s dysfunction. These services are available to families with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case.

Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA)
CCFA is a public/private strategy developed with the goal of improving the well-being, permanency and safety outcomes for children in foster care by providing comprehensive assessments. The CCFA is the foundation for case planning decisions and for making recommendations to the juvenile court. The CCFA provides children and families with the opportunity to receive appropriate services and to have more successful outcomes

Transportation services available on request.

WRAP
Wrap-Around (WA)
Services provide critical support to families when they are in crisis and when children are most vulnerable to an unsafe environment or circumstances. WA services are intended to promote safe/stable families and facilitate early reunification and/or permanency for children in care. As children enter care, the need for WA services should be determined as part of the CCFA.

Prevention of Unnecessary Placement (PUP)
The goal of the PUP Program is to reduce risk factors contributing to child maltreatment to ensure protection and safety of children. The PUP Program offers an array of support and intervention services. Through PUP, assessments and counseling may be obtained through vendors who have the necessary skills and training to address medical or mental health needs. PUP may also be used to help a family through a financial crisis with emergency rent, utilities or child care. These services are available to families with an open Investigation, Family Support, Family Preservation, Permanency or Adoption Child Welfare case.

The goal of the Homestead Program is to help stabilize families in need of intensive therapeutic intervention and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the family. The Homestead Program provides intensive, crisis-oriented, in-home counseling services that can last up to 180 days to meet the immediate/crisis-oriented needs of families while assessing the underlying causes of the family’s dysfunction. These services are available to families with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case.

Parent Aide
The goal of the Parent Aide Program is to stabilize and help families in need of intervention by providing in-home and group parenting education and referring these families to community based resources. These services can last up to 180 days. Parent Aide services are a paraprofessional family support and prevention program available to any family with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case. These services are not designed to address issues that require clinical intervention.

The goal of the Homestead Program is to help stabilize families in need of intensive therapeutic intervention and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the family. The Homestead Program provides intensive, crisis-oriented, in-home counseling services that can last up to 180 days to meet the immediate/crisis-oriented needs of families while assessing the underlying causes of the family’s dysfunction. These services are available to families with an open Family Preservation, Permanency, or Adoption Child Welfare case.

Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA)
CCFA is a public/private strategy developed with the goal of improving the well-being, permanency and safety outcomes for children in foster care by providing comprehensive assessments. The CCFA is the foundation for case planning decisions and for making recommendations to the juvenile court. The CCFA provides children and families with the opportunity to receive appropriate services and to have more successful outcomes

Transportation services available on request.
