Ever since its existence in 1994, Appogg offered specialized social work services to children, through the Child Protection Service. For a number of years this was the only service for children which the Agency delivered. As a result of this the Child Protection Service was serving as a general child welfare service and was dealing with a vast range of problems encountered by children, besides child protection issues. This resulted in an overload of work on the service.

In the year 2000, it was apparent to the new management of Appogg that this situation was not sustainable. An overhaul of the service was undertaken and has been underway since then. Appogg had to ensure the creation of a number of Children's Services to be able to deal with the demands placed on the service.

This measure has been an important step in ensuring that while abused children receive a more efficient and effective service from the Child Protection Services, other children in need are also offered support from different services within Appogg, thus ensuring a more holistic and integrated Child Welfare Service.

Fostering Service was set up at the beginning of the year 2000, when a team of qualified social workers was employed to promote Foster Care in Malta. Fostering Service provides social work support to foster carers and works in partnership with them to ensure the best possible service to children placed in their care. This service was well desired as it provides an alternative family setting for those children requiring out of home care.

The Looked After Children Service was established in 2001 in order to ensure that children living away from their family, in residential care or foster care, are regularly followed with adequate and regular care plans. The service ultimately aims at returning the children to their own family whenever possible.

Court Services was established in 2001 providing a limited service as a response to the ever increasing demand from courts for custody reports and other related issues. Presently, Court Services through a team of professionals appointed by the Agency assist Family Court in the assessments, recommendations and monitoring mainly in cases of separation. Supervised Access Visits was established in 1995, and has mostly responded during the past years to the increasing demands forthcoming mostly from the Family Court and The Children and Young Persons' Advisory Board. The service provides supervision, by trained social care personnel, for child access visits by non-custodial parents and parents with visitation disputes.

In 2001, a pilot project, the Weekend Monitoring Service was set up. This service supports looked after children who visit their natural family during the weekend and require monitoring during their stay at home. The visits offer security to these children, monitor their behaviour while at home and help them to build a positive relationship with their parents or guardians. The service also aims at ensuring that children are safe during their visits to their families. The High Support Service was launched in 2002 for children under a care order who due to their emotional and psychological needs require high support within a residential service. The service provides individualised care to these vulnerable children.

Apart from these specialized services falling under the portfolio of the Children's Services, over the years Appogg has also developed other therapeutic, community and generic services for children and families, all of which aim at supporting children and families in need.

The Children's Services offers a wide range of specialized services for children who are facing some kind of crises or trauma in their life. The services aim at providing intensive and integrated services to children, so as to promote their well being, protect their rights and enhance children's potential. With the involvement and participation of children, themselves, workers in this field develop care plans, take action to promote and protect children's rights and ensure that the well being of children is always given top most priority.