Community Care

Treatment Foster Care Programs provide children who experience trauma, neglect, and/or behavioral health disorders a safe home with foster families who are licensed by the State to provide treatment level services and support. The children who are served in this program have moderate to high needs and require close supervision and therapeutic interactions and interventions. The staff in this program work with the birth families in order to reunify the family whenever possible. Staff also work with the children and foster parents to assist them in realizing goals in the child's individualized treatment plan. The goals of the Treatment Foster Care Program are to provide a temporary safe and nurturing home and family; to assist the children in dealing with trauma and mental health issues; to work with birth families so that reunification can be realized; and to work to support permanency for all children through reunification, kinship care, adoption, or independent living.

The Alternative Response Program (ARP) provides immediate safety and well-being evaluations for families where there have been allegations of abuse or neglect (low to moderate risk) toward children within the family. All referrals come directly from the DHHS after a report has been made to the department. Case Managers, all of whom are licensed social workers (LSW's), interview the children, parents, and all family members and evaluate the home situation to assess the level of risk to the children and develop a safety and support plan. The goal is to help keep the family intact with parenting training and support, resource development, financial support to dress emergent life need, and the development of healthy and safe interactions between all family members. After the evaluation period, case management can be continued for a period of three months in this program.

Community Family Support Services provide community children and their families clinical behavioral health support in their own homes. The children in this program are diagnosed with a primary mental health diagnosis, and the family is identified as needing support to assist the child(ren) and to keep the family intact. Licensed clinicians and behavioral health specialists work as a team to provide the family with an array of individualized strength-based supports including family therapy, individual therapy, behavior modification interventions, parenting education, and structural family support. The goal of the CFSS program is to treat the child's mental health issues through working with the entire family in their own home setting, thereby avoiding out of home placement for the child.

Outpatient mental health and medication management for children, families, and adults in a clinical setting. The goal of this program is to provide psychiatric treatment and/or counseling to individuals to assist them in achieving optimal mental health and functioning. This treatment is provided by Board Certified Child Psychiatrists and Licensed Clinicians.Adult Support Services provide case management and skill development support to adults who are diagnosed with a mental illness; live in the community; and are in need of assistance to maintain their independence or to gain greater independence. Some of our clients are homeless and others have temporary or permanent housing. Staff work with each client to assist them in addressing their most pressing needs whether it be to find an apartment, seek additional resources, maintain healthy relationships, and maintain or improve their physical and/or mental health. Some clients also receive support to learn new skills and to develop a natural support network. Early Childhood Consultation Program is a clinical service provided by an experienced LCSW. This service provided is evidence based and provided in early childhood day care centers or elementary school settings. Services last approximately 8 weeks in each setting with the focus being on assisting the center or school with individual student or classroom behavioral problems. Much of the first year is dedicated to training the clinicians. In a full year each clinician will serve 12 to 15 centers. This is a 5 year pilot project DHHS is funding.Family Visitation Program: This program provides an office and staff to provide supervised visits between a child and their family of origin. There is also a parenting training component that takes place during the visitation sessions. We provide this service out of 10 offices across 4 DHHS Districts. This is a contracted service with DHHS who holds the contract. The contract is set to provide 5,000 units (1hr = 1 Unit) per month split across the four districts based on DHHS youth in custody census.Other: An array of services to support children and families including case management for children and families.