Great Abilities - IIC is an intensive in-community program. Services improve the quality of life and well-being of children and families. The program offers short-term, in-home services for infants, children, and adolescents with behavioral and mental health challenges. Experienced clinicians work together with each child and family to identify strengths and accomplish goals.  

Services include:

Peer Recovery Support services are available for individuals currently involved in Center For Family Services' CPSAI program or who have been referred by DCP&P.

Peer Recovery Support is a totally voluntary, peer-to-peer program for individuals struggling with drugs and alcohol. Our Peer Recovery Support Specialists will provide assistance to individuals in all areas of recovery, serving as their biggest advocate. Through lived experience, Peer Recovery Support Specialists will help individuals embrace a life in recovery. 

 

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The Kinship Navigator program offers supportive services for caregivers who have taken on the responsibility of raising a child. Kinship Navigator offers services to grandparents, other relatives, and family friends providing support in connecting caregivers to the services that best support the child in their care. Kinship can also provide assistance to caregivers seeking to obtain legal guardianship through family court. 

Kinship connects the caregivers and the child to:

parents

Parents as Teachers is a free program, offering support, tips and techniques to support you in giving your child the best start in life. Through Parents as Teachers, you can learn about what to expect at each stage of their child's development, so everyday moments become teachable moments. 

Parents as Teachers offers these free services to support you:

The Family Life Center supports positive family development and constructive parent-child interaction to promote family well-being and to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect in the household.  
 
Offering two levels of care, the Family Life Center provides the flexibility to address the needs of parents both compliant and non-compliant in their treatment plan.
 

Services include:

When a person uses drugs or alcohol, it can affect how they maintain relationships and connections with family members and friends. Often, loved ones of the person are left seeking ways to cope with the that stresses addiction causes in their own lives.
 
ReConnections is a program that offers peer-to-peer coaching and support services to family, friends, and loved ones of individuals struggling with addiction.

Evolutions provides young men dealing with both substance abuse and mental illness with a safe place to live while they develop coping skills to become self-sufficient.

The program offers a serene, home-like setting for up to five young men between the ages of 13-17. During their 6- to 9-month stay, young men receive supportive services from our highly-qualified team so they can be successfully reunited with family or transition into an independent living situation.

Services for youth living at Evolutions include:

The YES Shelter is an all-gender safe home that provides short-term safe housing for ages 13-17. Counselors work with adolescents for up to one month to provide counseling, educational services, and life skills training until they may be reunited with their families or another safe housing alternative such as a group home or foster care.

YES Shelter provides:

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