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Program Information
Family to Family (F2F) - F2F is a nationwide effort to improve child welfare systems by increasing
family and community involvement. F2F strives to create a neighborhood-focused, family-centered
and strength-based system to protect children from danger, meet their basic physical and emotional
needs, and attach them to caring, safe families.
The key F2F strategy is to maintain children in their
own community in order to preserve positive relationships, build community partnerships and
resources for families, and facilitate team decision making involving families and stakeholders.
Team Decision Making (TDM) - TDM is a strength-based approach to working with families
which may have multiple and/or complex needs. TDM brings teams of people together and works to
build an individualized plan. The model is specifically focused on bringing important adults in the
child’s life together to make decisions regarding placement, reunification, removal, or change in
placement.
Parents, children, extended family members, non-relatives, current caregivers, case
workers, community partners (such as CASA worker), service providers, and a facilitator generally
participate in the meetings.
Healthy Homes (HH) - HH is a collaborative effort between CFS and DBH. The goal of HH is to
increase early identification of treatment needs of children in order to stabilize out-of-home
placements and increase the potential for children to be reunited with their families.
Wraparound - Wraparound is an intensive strength-based, family-centered, needs driven program
designed for children with mental health diagnoses who are either residing in, or at risk of being
placed at a group home. The goal is to develop an effective support and resource network, increase a
sense of competence, and acquire new skills for managing the needs of the children/youth. Plans are
developed with an emphasis on each individual child and his or her family’s strengths.
Wraparound
addresses both active crises and future safety planning.
Independent Living Program (ILP) - ILP is designed to prepare youth between 16 and 21 years
of age to transition to adulthood and live independently. Compared to other youth, foster youth are at
higher risk for homelessness, incarceration, and unemployment as adults.
They are also more likely to
experience physical, developmental, behavioral, and mental health challenges. ILP assists foster youth
by promoting stable, permanent connections to caring adults; assisting youth with the management of
physical and mental health needs; supporting economic success through education and employment
programs; providing life skills training to help youth navigate the adult world; improving access to
stable and safe housing; and structuring opportunities for youth to provide input on state policies and
programs.
COLLATERAL PROGRAMS