PREVENTIVE SERVICES DIRECTORY - New York City

PREVENTIVE SERVICES

DIRECTORY

Child Welfare Programs Division of Preventive Services September 2015

Bill de Blasio Mayor

Gladys Carri?n, Esq. Commissioner

NYC Administration for Children's Services Child Welfare Programs

Dr. Jacqueline O. McKnight, Executive Deputy Commissioner

Division of Preventive Services Dr. Jacqueline Martin, Deputy Commissioner

"Helping Families in the Community"

The Division of Preventive Services provides preventive services and support to families

throughout New York City, through a network of community-based, non-profit organizations and family Home Care services. These services are designed to strengthen and stabilize families, prevent the need for out of home care, expedite permanency and prevent the replacement of children into foster care. In addition, the division provides policy guidance to Children's Services' staff and preventive provider agencies working with children and youth with a variety of educational, medical, mental health and developmental challenges.

What is the Purpose of Preventive Services?

To provide services when a family is in need of help To strengthen families To help keep families together To support families when children return from foster care To prevent child abuse and neglect

What do Preventive Programs Offer?

Help with family crisis Family counseling Support groups for parents and youth

Referrals and help accessing programs such as public assistance, education, mental

health, domestic violence, child care and Head Start programs, substance abuse, prenatal

assistance, vocational services and other benefits.

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*PREVENTIVE SERVICES MODEL DESCRIPTIONS*

Boys Town - The Boys Town model is called "In-Home Family Services (IHFS) and teaches parenting and life skills to families that have a moderate level of need and are in or near crisis. Quick engagement of families is a key component of the model.

Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) - The BSFT model is a brief family intervention for children and youth with serious behavior problems and/or drug use.

Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) - CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 years that have experienced at least one traumatic event and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems.

Division of Youth and Family Justice Respite Care (DYFJ) - The Respite Care is an Adaptation of Evidence Based Models of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC). This program is for youth who are most at risk of placement or detention.

Family Connections - Family Connections is designed to prevent child maltreatment and works with both low and moderate risk families.

Family Treatment and Rehabilitation (FTR)-The Family Treatment and Rehabilitation Program is appropriate for high-risk families where the primary issue is a caretaker or child's illegal substance use or mental health disorder.

Family Assessment Program- FAP provides support to families who are struggling to deal with every day challenges. FAP is a diversion program that tries to help resolve family problems without having to go court, through assessment, individualized advice, counseling, and referral to a range of community and home-based services.

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) - FFT is a family therapy intervention for the treatment of violent, criminal, behavioral, school, and conduct problems with youth and their families.

Functional Family Therapy for Child Welfare (FFT-CW) - FFT-CW is an adaptation of Functional Family Therapy developed in NYC and integrates a developmental focus for children birth ? 18 years old.

General Prevention (GP) ? General Prevention Services provide a range of support services to families. Low risk families are appropriate for General Prevention programs.

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*PREVENTIVE SERVICES MODEL DESCRIPTIONS*

Juvenile Justice Initiative ? Alternate to Placement and Intensive Preventive Aftercare Services.

Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) - MST-CAN is an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) that was developed to treat families with teens that have come to the attention of CPS due to high risk and safety issues. MST-CAN is reserved only for very high-risk cases.

Multisystemic Therapy for Substance Abuse (MST-SA) - MST-SA is an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) and was developed for families with teens who are engaging in substance-use and/or other challenging or delinquent behavior. MST-SA is targeted for families with high levels of conflict.

Non- Secure Placement Close to Home (NSP) ? Providers of NSP services offer high-level and intensive clinical services through residential-type programs closer to their community of origin.

Safe Care - Safe Care is a structured home-based parent-training program for families with children birth to five years old. The program includes three training modules focused on Home Safety, Child Health and Parent-Child/Infant Interaction.

Sexually Exploited Youth - This program is a Specialized Preventive Program for youth who have been sexually exploited.

Specialized Preventive Program- Deaf and Hearing Impaired- General Prevention (GP) Services provides a range of support services to families where a child and/or parent is deaf and or hearing impaired. All need and risk levels can be referred to this program.

Special Medical and Developmental Specialized Prevention Program - This program is a specialized preventive program for families whose members suffer medical conditions and/or developmental disabilities.

Specialized Teen Preventive Services- This program works with adolescents (12 to 18 years) to deal in particular with their antisocial peers, drug use and accompanying difficult family interactions.

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*PREVENTIVE SERVICES MODEL DESCRIPTIONS*

Structural Family Therapy (SFT) - SFT is a family therapy intervention that focuses on structural change within a family, based on work pioneered by Dr. Salvador Minuchin. Social workers use in-session activities to help family members experiment with new ways of interacting. Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) - TST is a trauma-informed clinical intervention for families with adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic events and are experiencing emotional and behavioral problems as a result. For more information on Preventive Services, call (1-877-KIDSNYC (543-7692) or access the resource web page at:

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