About Partnership for Children
Partnership for Children is a collaboration among youth-serving agencies that helps identify youth with emotional or behavioral health issues earlier, gets them help faster and improves outcomes for children and families.
Agencies involved with Partnership for Children serve thousands of youth in St. Joseph County, and they’re in a unique position to help identify kids who are struggling. PFC exists to help those youth stay in and benefit from the partner agency, expand the youth’s network of positive support and decrease the need for costly, high-end services, such as school suspension, juvenile detention or foster care.
It does this through training staff at partner agencies in youth mental health and behavioral supports and providing fast and easy access to treatment when needed.
Partnership for Children in St. Joseph County is still in the early stages of development. It’s based on a program first launched in Elkhart County in 2015, which has proven to be successful. More details about PFC-SJC will be available in the coming months.
If you work for a youth-serving agency and are interested in learning more about how PFC can benefit your organization, contact Coordinator Becky Zakowski at rebecca.zakowski@oaklawn.org.
Partner Resources
Click the links below to access dedicated resources for PFC-SJC.
Oaklawn Services & PFC-SJC Flyer
Submit an announcement for our newsletter
Referral form
To refer a child from your PFC agency to Oaklawn services, please complete this form.