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Family Support Center ~ Overview and Update

Family Support Center ~ Overview and Update. FWSN Advisory Board Meeting Monday, October 22, 2007 Legislative Office Building Hartford, CT. Goal of the Family Support Centers . To serve as a “one-stop,” multi-service model of care for youth and their families

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Family Support Center ~ Overview and Update

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  1. Family Support Center ~Overview and Update FWSN Advisory Board Meeting Monday, October 22, 2007 Legislative Office Building Hartford, CT

  2. Goal of the Family Support Centers • To serve as a “one-stop,” multi-service model of care for youth and their families • To divert youth who are FWSN referred with status offenses from further court involvement • To provide an array of services beginning with triage and concluding with successful placements with community-based services that meet the individual needs of the youth and families referred

  3. Family Support Center: Core Elements • Contact families within 3 hours of receiving the referral • Conduct initial screening to best determine the course of action for each family • Provide a comprehensive, strengths-based, gender- specific, relational and trauma-sensitive assessment • Utilize assessment information for appropriate planning of services offered within the center and making appropriate referrals with community service providers • Collaborate and coordinate with new and existing service providers to create a success plan for each family

  4. Family Support Center:Staffing & Training • Interviews are on going and include a CSSD representative • Target date for staff: November 1, 2007 • Probation-scheduled Informational Sessions include FSC representatives • FSC collective meetings on-going • Training schedule • Fully operational as of December 1, 2007

  5. Family Support Center:Current Referrals & Services • Waterbury FSC~ Connecticut Junior Republic • Hartford FSC~ Wheeler Clinic • Bridgeport FSC~ Connecticut Renaissance Inc. • New Haven FSC ~ St. Francis Home for Children, Inc. • Screening and intake process, crisis intervention, case coordination, access to probation-contracted services, CARE referrals, community services, DCF Voluntary Services and Systems of Care referrals

  6. FWSN Informational Sessions • Connecticut Junior Republic, Waterbury: November 1st and November 7th 11:00a.m • Wheeler Clinic, Hartford: November 1st 1:00p.m. -5:00p.m. • Connecticut Renaissance, Bridgeport: October 23rd 2 2:30p.m. – 4:30p.m. and October 29th 3:0p.m. -6:00p.m. • St. Francis Home for Children, Inc., New Haven: October 23rd 3:00-5:00p.m. and October 30th 5:00-7:00p.m.

  7. Family Support Center:Current Contact Information • Connecticut Junior Republic, Waterbury, CT: Ana Aquino, Program Manager (203) 757-9939 • Wheeler Clinic, Hartford, CT: Reese Palmer, Associate Dir., Juvenile Justice Services(860) 241-0317 ext. 18 • Connecticut Renaissance, Bridgeport, CT: Linda Mosel, Chief Operations Officer of Outpatient Services (203) 336-5225 ext. 2109 • St. Francis Home for Children, Inc., New Haven, CT: Leslee Larrivee, Program Manager (203) 777-5513 ext. 404

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