The goal of the Department of Parenting Services (DPS) is to investigate and assess divorcing families and the effect that custody will have on the children involved. It is DPS’s mission to provide the Judges and Magistrates with pertinent information as to the functioning of parents through interviews, investigations, and reports so that a custody arrangement can be made that will have the least negative impact on the children as possible. After all the investigation and interviews are completed and a report is generated suggesting the course that the worker believes is best for the children, he or she may also suggest several methods of intervention to help parents and the children better adjust.