Additionally, the program is dedicated to
providing support to families twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
We recognize that many families struggle at random times of the day and/or
night and need constant support to maintain safety and permanency planning.
Understanding that all families experience varying levels of crisis, the FSS
treatment team assists parents, guardians, and foster parents to strengthen
their parenting skills, and find practical solutions to their crisis situation
so that they are empowered to learn new coping skills in solving family problems.
The program’s flexibility and availability at all times is the corner
stone of helping families in the immediate situation learn through role modeling
and coaching.
The Family Stabilization Services Program
treatment approach is rooted in the agency’s mission statement, which
encourages Y.O.U., Inc. employees to recognize that family is the essential
element of a child’s life. Our priority is to guarantee the highest
quality of care with flexibility, respect, caring, and hope. While FSS attempts
to reduce or eliminate out-of-home placement, promote permanency of children,
and to enhance parental nurturing skill, we maintain the belief that success
depends upon a wide community support network to help nurture those vulnerable,
multi-stressed members of society.
The FSS model provides a rich array of services
for at-risk families. The Program offers home-based intensive short-term and
long-term services that assist multi-stressed families to expand their support
network so out of home placements can be prevented; strengthen their coping
strategies to help manage crises; and enhance emotional, physical, and community
safety for children and families. FSS has the capability and expertise to
handle referrals dealing with trauma related crises, domestic violence, substance
abuse, severe mental illness, co-occurring disorders, developmental and learning
disabilities, and parent-child conflicts among all age groups. The program
is funded through both private and public insurance, and through a contract
with the state Department of Social Services.
To make a referral or for further information,
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