Family Service of Rhode Island

Healingtrauma systems therapy (tst) community: tst community provides a systemic trauma-focused, evidence-informed approach to help stabilize children and adolescents with a history of trauma and trauma-reactive behavior. Tst community provides access to a clinician, case manager and psychiatric provider, as well as rapid response to referral source and Family. Services are delivered in the home, in schools/daycares, and other community settings. The program consists of a team approach consisting of multi-cultural, multi-lingual clinicians and case managers who provide 24-hour support, evidence informed systemic trauma treatment and behavior regulation. Referrals come from dcyf.enhanced outpatient services (eos): a short-term, intensive program that provides clinical (counseling) and Family support services to children/adults with moderate to severe emotional and behavioral disturbances to stabilize behavior as a step down or diversion from placement or hospitalization. Outpatient mental health services: the outpatient treatment team offers brief, solution-focused, trauma-informed clinical therapies at our hope street location. Services are available for children, youth, adults, couples and families. Providers treat many different mental health and substance abuse concerns and have received training in multiple evidence-based/evidence-informed techniques including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. All staff members are supervised by independently licensed clinicians within the agency. Active clients may also participate in our psychiatric services. The psychiatry staff provides evaluation and medication management on site.parole board victim advocate: this is a contract with the department of corrections. The staff member is trained and experienced in victim services, crisis intervention, stabilization and trauma-focused assessment, provide assistance to victims as well as follow up and referral services to victims in preparation for and follow up following parole board hearings. Victim impact and sensitivity classes: this is a contract with the department of corrections. One staff member teaches 2 hour, weekly sessions to inmates inside the prison. The classes are offered at minimum, medium, and maximum security as well as at the women's prison. The goal of this program is to make offenders aware of how different types of offenses/crimes impact the victim, their families, the community and themselves. The curriculum is designed by the doj, ovc, and has evidence of success. Psychiatry: the psychiatry program at fsri supports the clinical programs by offering services to children and adult fsri clients. Intake: fsri operates through a centralized intake Service. The staff provide phone and face-to-face behavioral health screenings, comprehensive needs assessments, eligibility determination, and referrals for clients seeking assistance at fsri. The staff receives requests for fsri services from a wide variety of community partners such as dcyf, schools, hospitals and other behavioral health entities to name a few. Intake - triage: once a referral is made, staff gathers information to complete a level-of-care determination and verification of qualifying factors by program. In addition to screening for the Service requested, the staff monitors for any unmet needs or goals. When appropriate, they provide information about other fsri programs and /or external services available in the community. Staff also triages adult and child behavioral health crisis evaluations along with providing brief care coordination where needed. Intake - emergency response Service (ers): the ers program provides emergency coverage twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, through phone support and clinical intervention. Ers services are conducted through telephonic and face to face contact with clients. Staffing consists of both master and bachelor level where two of whom are bi-lingual in english and spanish. During the business day, the department maintains a designated line for clients and potential clients in psychiatric crisis. Behavioral health evaluations are conducted in the hope st office, schools, homes and other community locations. After business hours, ers is staffed by clinicians who rotate a designated mobile phone on a weekly basis.

Hopevictim services - police partnership programs: programming includes our police partnerships with several local police departments and the state police to provide crisis response and supports to victims of crime, including on-scene crisis intervention, stabilization, mental health assistance and language support, in an effort to decrease the impact of trauma.health families america (hfa): an evidence-based maternal and child home visiting program that services expectant mothers and families with newborns. Services continue until children turn four years old. Hfa is the signature program of prevent child abuse america.family coaching and visitation (fcv): a program designed for parents who are working on reunification with their child(ren). The program provides coaching and supervised visitation for children and families who have suffered maltreatment. Families are given the opportunity to learn new relationship skills in a safe and stable environment. Services are tailored to the individual families and their case plan. Families are referred directly by dcyf. Safecare: an evidence-based parent training program that targets parents/caretakers of children birth to five years old with known risk factors for and/or a history of child neglect and abuse. It is a 20 to 22 week program with home visits typically once per week; includes 18 to 20 structured curriculum sessions consisting of three modules: health, home safety, and parent-child/infant interactions plus an initial assessment and final re-assessment. Safecare provides services in the parents/caretakers home, avoiding transportation barriers. Families are referred directly by dcyf.west urban core Family care community partnership (fccp): a dcyf initiative that serves families with children at risk of involvement with dcyf in the west urban core area. Fsri is the lead agency for the region and provides primary services with subcontractors including ccap, children's friend, tides and progreso latino. There are four other regional "partnerships" accross the state. These partnerships provide access to creative and flexible services that increase strength and well-being of children, youth and families in ri through a high fidelity wraparound process.school based mental health counseling: since 2017, fsri clinicians have been providing behavioral health counseling to children and families to address social-emotional challenges that may impede school attendance and performance. Fsri clinicians are based in select elementary, middle and high schools. Fsri provides this Service in contract with the providence public school district.housing navigation: this program is available to assist any fsri client who is experiencing barriers to secure or maintain housing, and/or at risk of becoming homeless.mount pleasant academy (mpa): a psychiatric day treatment facility for children from preschool to 8th grade. Children from cities and towns throughout Rhode Island and neighboring states are referred to mpa for placement because the severity of their psychiatric and emotional difficulties interfere with their ability to progress in a public school setting. At mpa, children receive comprehensive psychiatric, psychological, behavioral and academic services. Website: http://mountpleasantacademy.org/be safe: be safe provides deliveries of ppe, supplies and food to anyone in need across the state.

Healthearly intervention (ei): a program designed to address the needs of children ages 0-3 who have a developmental disability or delay in one or more areas. Early intervention is based on a coaching model and is personalized to the specific needs of each child and Family in the program. Services are provided in the home and in the child's natural environment. It is provided at no-cost to families and is funded through federal funds, state medicaid funds, and private insurance funds.first connections: a short-term home visiting program to improve the health and development of at-risk families and their children ages 0-3 through home-based outreach, education, screening, assessment, referral and follow up.accountable entity (ae) with providence community health center (pchc): a collaboration between fsri and pchc that began in december 2018 around the newly formed ae. Fsri's role is to integrate behavioral and primary healthcare for patients and their families in conjunction with pchc. Fsri staff provide behavioral health treatment as well as address the social determinants of health that present barriers to care. Aids project Rhode Island (apri): apri is the most comprehensive hiv program in the state of Rhode Island. Apri's mission is to provide compassionate, non-judgmental and comprehensive response to the needs of people infected, affected and at risk of hiv/aids. Apri services include: prevention and hiv and hep c testing services; case management and support services for people living with hiv/aids; and housing navigation.

Homefoster care: fsri is a private foster care agency that contracts with dcyf. Foster care is a temprorary Service provided for children and youth who cannot remain in their homes. Fsri foster parents receive pre-placement, group and individual therapy, training and consistent on-going training pertaining to the issues presented by the children in their care. Each foster care Family is assigned a clinician and a Family case manager. The clinicians typically work directly with the children while providing clinical support to the foster parents. Family case managers work primarily with the foster parents in addressing the needs of the children in placement and providing any support they may need to make parenting a child with special needs successful. Family case managers also aid in the coordination of services for the Family (i.e. Medical care, visitation, and school related needs.). Referrals come from dcyf.residential services: fsri operate three residential programs under contract with dcyf. These facilities offer a continuum of treatment that covers several levels of care using trauma systems therapy (tst). All referrals come from dcyf.enhanced case management (ecm): the ecm program provides case management services for young adults 16-21 who have elected to remain in the care of dcyf through the voluntary extension of care act (veca). All referrals come from dcyf.basic center program: basic center serves homeless and runaway youth in Rhode Island through placement in temporary host homes.