DCFS Post Adoption services provide whole family focused, intensive, short-term families’ therapy for families who are considering disrupting or dissolving their adoption. DCFS Family Preservation services are home-based and whole family focused, however, Family Preservation is an intensive, short-term model for families who are in danger of having a child return to DCFS custody or are considering disrupting or dissolving their adoption.
If the adopted person had been in Utah’s state foster care and was adopted through the Department of Child and Family Services, If the adopted person had been in Utah’s state foster care and was adopted through the Department of Child and Family Services, the DCFS region from which the child was adopted may be able to help with Respite, financial support that comes from grant money. This money is available depending on the grant funding. They also work with children in SPA, and who are SSI eligible.

*DCFS post-adoption workers are listed