Families 4 Future

The Family 4 Future program is a collaborative effort between Catholic Family Center and Ibero. This is a preventive program working with families that are struggling with substance abuse issues. The families have to be TANF eligible by Monroe County Department of Human Services guidelines and have children that are at risk of foster care placement. The program provides in-home counseling services to families as well as a parenting group and a children’s group to support what is being done in the home. The program’s primary goal is to support the parent(s) in their recovery. We work with families to prevent children from entering or returning to foster care, assisting the family in achieving a more self-sufficient life, increase family functioning as evidenced by improvement in caregiver/child interaction. Our work is collaborative and will include substance abuse treatment providers to assist a person in learning alternatives to drug use, assist the individual with tools to handle cravings, recognize triggers, to view recovery as a process, to expect relapse and to use as a teachable moment.

Services Provided:

• Emphasis of the intervention is on the family. Therapeutic assessment and counseling services are provided in the family home, with assessment focus on both individual needs as well as the family system. Acknowledgement of a substance abuse intervention focus is identified as a goal on the Family Assessment Service Plan (FASP)

• Evaluation of the family’s concrete needs, with a plan to meet those needs through CFC and/or a referral to other more appropriate community resources will be completed. CFC provides case management if indicated.

• To provide collaborative treatment between CFC, Monroe County Department of Social Services (child protective and preventive daycare) and those treatment providers involved in the provision of therapeutic services to the family. To engage in service provision that looks to blend the perspectives of both child welfare and treatment.

• Psychosocial assessment/drug evaluation and formulation of an appropriate treatment plan in collaboration with the family, designed to enhance individual and family function and problem-solving capabilities.

• Assist individual in following through in the completion of the substance abuse evaluation.

• Client to participate in a 14 week family skills training program called Strengthening Families, which is a research based parenting curriculum proven effective in families who abuse substances.