To make a client referral, please contact the provider in your county area for assistance.
A Referral can be made to FCT if one or any combination of the criteria below are impacting the family:
Trauma
- Exposure to traumatic experience (acute, chronic, and/or complex) inclusive of crime, abuse, neglect, domestic violence, natural disaster, etc.
- Societal trauma exposure inclusive of immigration, human trafficking, systemic/institutional racism, poverty, etc.
Systemic Involvement
- Involvement with the child welfare system
- Juvenile Justice System, Department of Correction, and/or Court Supervision Program involvement for any family member
Mental Health/Substance Use/Crisis
- A behavioral/mental health diagnosis for any participating family member
- Exposure to and/or experience with substance abuse
- Crisis or the cumulative effect of caring for a family member with chronic physical, mental, and/or behavioral health illness
Family Functioning/Family Reunification
- Family Function deterioration (parenting/co-parenting problems, behavior concerns, poor patterns of attachment, adjustment to blended family, etc.)
- A family member, child or adult, is in an out-of-home placement with a plan to return home, is hospitalized or is incarcerated
Need for Alternative Services
- Less intensive treatment has proven unsuccessful
- Challenges adjusting to new life transitions inclusive of pregnancy, addition of foster/adopted child, grief, military member deployment or return, and/or severely impacting new medical/behavioral health diagnosis
To make a client referral, please contact the provider in your county area for assistance.
FCT Conditions for Services:
- Identification of at least one adult who is available* to participate in services inclusive of foster placement and pre/post adoption.
*FCT will work with voluntary and involuntary referrals. FCT practitioners are highly trained in techniques to engage with families who have been reluctant to engage in services. - At least one child between the ages of 4-17 with an identified Behavioral Health need for FCT service.
- The need to facilitate a successful reunification if the child(ren) are already placed out of the home, or to avoid out of home placement for the child(ren).
- PASSE Tier 2 or 3 to participate.
