What are Home-Based Services?

Home-Based Services help children and families with a child between the ages of 3-17) that have many needs, and who require access to a comprehensive array of mental health services. The family unit is the focus of intensive, in-home treatment, which can include individual and family therapy, collateral contacts, case management, parenting education, child and family skill building, psychiatric services, coordination with the school system and crisis intervention. Frequency of contact and intensity of service is based on the individual needs of each individual and family but at a minimum, the therapist will see the individual/family once per week.

How do Home Based-Services help an individual?

A Home Based Clinical Specialist helps the child and family increase their interpersonal functioning, their functioning within the school and community and their overall quality of life. A family-centered treatment approach is used to help identify strengths, dreams, goals and desires. The program is committed to helping family’s access community resources and to advocate for responsiveness from the community systems which impact the family’s ability to function.