CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS INC

It is the mission of Child and Family Focus to provide a continuum of mental health services that will enhance the quality of physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and relational well being of youth and their families. Through our commitment to excellence, we endeavor to provide and advocate for least-restrictive, family- and community-based settings as the most conducive for effective growth and positive change.CFF follows a new and effective method of care by offering Family-Based, Therapeutic Foster Care and Respite Services to provide significant continuity of care. With our model, children are followed by the same team, preserving the established relationship with the child and family throughout treatment, be it in-home, Therapeutic Foster Care, Respite Care, or short term hospital stay. In so doing, we prevent the common disruptive, ineffectual, costly cycle of multi-agency / multi-system care management.COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT Child and Family Focus has been expanding our programs in an effort to serve more families in need in more counties in Pennsylvania. In addition to the three core services CFF began with – Family Based, Therapeutic Foster Care and Respite – we offer a wide array of services to our continuum of care. These new services speak to our philosophy of providing quality community based supports for children and families. This ongoing expansion of services at CFF led to the development of CFF Community Outreach Services These Community Outreach Services include: Family Mentors- providing advocacy services torents of children with mental health disorders Family Support Advocates-providing advocacy services torent of children with mental health disorders in the Juvenile Probation system Foster and Respite family recruitment services Love and Logic education/training- offering “simple and practical techniques to helprents and teachers have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids.” Sibshop support workshop- offering workshop for siblings of children with mental health disorders. Bucks County Family Connection Center- Through The Family Connection Center (FCC), families and youth willrtner with agencies and other organizations to strengthen therent/youth/professional relationship. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------TREATMENT SERVICESCFF recognizes that the needs of children and families at-risk can be extremely complex and that school personnel, social workers, therapists, family development specialists and administrators must work together to best meet these needs. Treatment services are provided by a two-person team through intensive treatment interventions in the family's home or in the therapeutic foster home.AutismCFF Autism Family Based Services offer a unique approach to helping the child and the family of the child, who has been diagnosed with a developmental disability within the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Click here to learn more.Therapeutic Foster CareChild and Family Focus, Inc. (CFF) offers an exceptional program of therapeutic foster care (TFC). Like typical foster care, a child unable to live with his / her own family lives with a foster family who temporarily provides basic care. TFC families provide this and more. They go to a higher level asrt of a therapeutic team to provide emotional healing and behavioral supports. TFC families help children help children to learn to live in a healthy family environment and become an active member of the community. Click here to learn more.Family Based Mental Health ServicesIntensive "in-home" treatment and services for families aimed at:Strengthening the family in meeting the needs of their child Teaching the child strategies to use in place of maladaptive behaviors Preventing out of home placement Serving as a follow up to out of home placement Click here to learn more.Family OutreachThe Family Mentor works with Chester County families whose children are involved in any of the child serving systems. A Family Mentor helps the family to become more self-empowered to get their needs met. Click here to learn more.Extended AssessmentCFF’s Extended Assessment Program provides services to Montgomery County children and families presenting with complex needs that may be difficult to assess in an office setting. Our goal is to determine the most appropriate level and intensity of care needed through a comprehensive evaluation of the child. The Extended Assessment team is comprised of an Intake Specialist, Program Coordinator and Psychologist.Click here to learn more.Children’s Review TeamCFF’s Children’s Review Team is for Chester County families who are considering placing their child in an out of home placement. It is the mechanism to insure that every community resource and option for a child has been considered and exhausted prior to a child being referred to a therapeutic foster care program or a residential treatment facility. The Children’s Review Team will facilitate and connect children to the most appropriate mental health service as deemed by the Interagency Service Planning Team.Click here to learn more.Respite CareOur Respite Care program provides a short-term, temporary break for families that have children with emotional or behavioral needs. Click here to learn more Health or other Mental Health Services in the community. Click here to learn more.* Respite Care can consist of a few hours, a day, overnight, or a weekend.High Fidelity Wraparound ServicesThe wraparound process is a way to improve the lives of children with complex needs and their families. It is not a program or a type of service. The process is used by communities to support children with complex needs and their families by developing individualized plans of care. The key characteristics of the process are that the plan is developed by a family centered team, is individualized based on the strengths and culture of the child and their family, and is needs rather than services driven.Family Focused Solution Based Service (FFSBS)FFSBS will work with the child and family, along with other involved community members to develop an individualized family focused child centered service that addresses the behavioral health needs of the child and assists therent/guardian in supporting the child’s needs. Services are provided in the home and community setting to assist the child/adolescent and family in being successful.