Our team is committed to the rebuilding,

strengthening, and empowering of families who are searching for a way create a family that can work together to become a strong, loving and

self-sufficient unit.

Family Intervention Team’s Role and Responsibility:

The FIT team has the ability to provide short- term individual/family therapy; however the focus is on providing home-based individual and family assistance, while the mentor provides intense mentoring for children.

The FIT provides immediate stabilization and crisis prevention services while making referrals to various community services (e.g., counseling/therapy, vocational, educational, parenting support services, legal advocacy, medical and/or mental health services, etc.) and provides a holistic services that meet the concrete basic needs of the family (e.g., budgeting utility bills, locating daycare/after-school, identifying culturally appropriate health-care providers, etc.), with the goal being permanency.

Skill building work may include teaching a parent how to prepare nutritious and balanced meals, budgeting, how to structure their time in a productive manner, (time for homework, quality time for self/family, work, chores, etc.).

The FIT can model and teach effective communication skills, how to resolve conflicts in a positive manner and how these skills can help modify behaviors in children. The team will also teach the use of praise, positive reinforcement, guidance, discipline, setting obtainable goals for self and others. This approach will make expectations reasonable and limit setting possible.