Burnett County Children & Families Unit
Unit Supervisor: Lance Horozewski
lhorozewski@burnettcounty.org

Our primary mission is to protect children and to preserve the unity of the family, whenever appropriate, by strengthening family life through assisting parents in fulfilling their responsibilities as parents, as well as to protect citizens from juvenile crime and to hold each juvenile offender directly responsible for his or her acts.

Child Protective Services

We address the safety needs of children by providing assistance with the following services:

• Case Management
• Respite Care
• Family Support
• Advocacy
• Referral to appropriate community services

Juvenile Justice

We work to protect citizens from juvenile crime and to hold each juvenile offender directly responsible for his or her acts with these services:

• Case Management and Supervision
• Community Service
• Restitution
• Family Support
• Mentoring
• Advocacy
• Referrals for drug and alcohol assessment and treatment
• Intensive family and individual therapy

Other services provided by the Children and Families Unit:

Foster Care Licensing

Daycare Licensing

Kinship Care

Court-ordered Custody Studies

Burnett County Department of Health, Human Services and Aging