Services are designed to help those families whose children, due to abuse or neglect, are at risk of removal from the home, and/or families whose children, because of their own behavioral and/or emotional disturbance, are at risk for hospitalization, legal detention, residential care or commitment to the Department of Youth and Family Services, where Services far more intensive than outpatient care are required to stabilize the family situation.  Services can be provided to those children who are experiencing significant barriers to receiving outpatient treatment including, financial difficulties, lack of transportation, or a resistance to seeking traditional modes of therapy and for whom service at home is likely to be more successful than the clinic situation.  Services can also be provided to those children who are transitioning back to their family from an out-of-home placement. Home-based services are particularly appropriate if a parent and/or child needs one-on-one modeling in the home.

Individuals zero to eighteen who are at risk of removal from their home or who are being transitioned back to the home from residential care due to an emotional disorder diagnosable under the DSM IV.

At least one parent or guardian with whom the child is living needs to be willing to participate with in-home services.

These services are designed to provide therapeutic mentoring to youth at risk for behavioral and emotional problems. The service is family sensitive and child centered. Services are most frequently provided on a one-to-one basis through weekly contact to engage the child in social and recreational activities in the community. The individual needs of each child are addressed by integrating the therapeutic foci e.g. anger management, self-esteem, social skills, into the various activities. The overall goal is to increase competency and independence around specific skills as identified by client/family and referral source.

Children with/at risk of behavioral and emotional problems who require services in their home setting (home, permanent foster care setting, non-permanent foster care setting), as well as increased access to social and community activities.

Residents of our service area between the ages of zero and eighteen or the family member or guardian of such a child. The child(ren) and/or parent(s) must have a need to learn/maintain more independent and responsible daily living skills.