Intensive Family

Referrals MISSION Preservation & Reunification,

Home-based Casework and
Appropriate referrals to Home-based Services The mission of the
include:
Community and Family Resource Center
Therapy
 Families whose children have been
removed is to provide programs, services, and resources to

 Families who need services to remain improve the quality of life of individuals, children
intact and families.
 Families in which the children are
reunified and are in imminent risk of
disruption without intensive reunification
services About Intensive Family
 Families in which the children are in Preservation &
imminent risk of placement without
intensive preservation services Reunification Services

 CHINS 6 / Informal Adjustment Intensive Family Preservation and Reunification

 Pre-adoption and post-adoption families Services is based on an evidence-based program
at risk or in crisis
that focuses on time-limited, intensive and home-
 Juvenile Probation cases
based services designed to stabilize and
strengthen families. Intensive services are
family-focused, child-centered, goal-oriented, and
provide in-home skill-building and after-care
www.cfrc.org linkage. Intensive Services success in 2008 for

For additional information or referral inquiries, contact: Tippecanoe County was 90% for preservation,
Abby Wright, Program Coordinator (765) 427-8863 which preserved 96 children who were likely to be
Stacey Preyss, Director of Clinical Services (765) 412-6886 removed. This compared with traditional ser-
vices successes range between 20% to 30%.
100 Saw Mill Road, Suite 3200 Phone 765-742-4848
100 Saw Mill Road, Suite 3200 Phone 765-742-4848
Lafayette, Indiana 47905 Fax 765-477-9905
Lafayette, Indiana 47905 Fax 765-477-9905
 Intensive Preservation/
Intensive Reunification
Home-based Intensive Family Preservation
Service is a cognitive behavioral approach that
uses best practice strategies for families whose
children are in imminent risk of placement.
Home-based Intensive Reunification Service is a
short-term, intense, crisis intervention after
children have been returned home and the family
demonstrates difficulties of such magnitude that
without intensive services the reunification would
be jeopardized. Intensive services last 28 days,
may be pre or post Home-based Casework and
Therapy Services, and include the following:
 Face to face contact within 24 hours of
acceptance of the referral
 Immediate response to crisis
 Safety Plan created during first visitation
 NCFAS, Initial Assessment, and Service Plan
completed within 7 days
 Funding available for concrete services to each
family
 Average face to face time with families is 10-
20 hours per week
 Closure NCFAS and goal assessment at end of
Intensive services
Home-based casework &
Therapy Services
Home-based Casework can be pre and/or post
Intensive Services and include home visits, case
planning, supervised visitation, crisis services,
family reunification, assessment, parent training,
and community services information . Home-based
Therapy, facilitated by a Master’s level clinician,
provides goal-oriented therapy for families who need
assistance recovering from physical, sexual,
emotional abuse and neglect. Other issues, including
substance abuse, mental illness, developmental
disability, and current or past family dysfunction,
may be addressed as well. Families in Home-based
Casework or Therapy receive the following services:
 Face to face contact within 5 days of referral
 Immediate response to crisis
 Safety Plan created during first visitation
 NCFAS, Initial Assessment, and Service Plan
completed within 30 days
 Monthly Progress Reports
 Funding available for concrete services to each
family
Research shows Intensive Family Preservation
services reduced out-of-home placements (93%
success rate compared to 43% according to the
Michigan Families First Effectiveness study after
12 months post intervention) and Intensive
Family Reunification services increased reunifica-
tion rates of children with their families following
out of home placement (92% returned home and
remained in the home after 12 months post inter-
vention compared to 28% with the control group
according to a study by the University of Utah).
Essential components include:
 Imminence of placement
 24/7 intake and client availability
 Immediate response to referral
 Service in the natural environment
 Intensity and Brevity of services
 Single therapist with team back-up
 Organizational support (flextime and training)
 24/7 consultation availability
 Accountability (tracking outcomes)
 Flexibility and responsiveness of services
 Interactive assessment and goal-setting
 Teaching/skills-based approach
 Concrete/advocacy services
 Within the context of practice reform