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Providers include private for fee (usually paid by a family’s private insurance), Youth Service Bureaus, services available through the DCF Community Collaborative/ System of Care, 14 and CSSD and DCF funded in-home services. Examples of services include: • mental health and family counseling and treatment • crisis intervention • substance abuse assessments and treatment • alternative education programs • vocational education • family mediation • support groups for parents • recreation programs • positive youth development • alternative living situations, such as foster homes and respite care As of October 1, 2007, if a family is referred to a community-based program or service provider and that program or service determines that the family can no longer benefit from its services, the juvenile probation officer will conduct another assessment. After consultation with the Juvenile Probation Supervisor, the juvenile probation officer may either refer the family to a Family Support Center for additional services or determine whether or not to file a petition with the court. • Family Support Center (FSC) The Family Support Center is a multi-service “one-stop” for high risk/needs FWSNreferred children assessed as high risk and in need of intensive services. Public Act 07- 04 requires that every juvenile district court, after assessment by a probation officer, divert children and families assessed as high risk/needs to a FSC. However, in 2007, the legislature only provided funding for four centers, now located in Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgeport and New Haven. The purpose of the FSC is to assess services and/or treatment needs of children and families who exhibit behaviors that require an immediate response (high risk/needs) and offer access to appropriate and effective services and interventions. 14 A Community Collaborative or System of Care is a group of children’s behavioral health and community service providers, parents and advocates who meet on a regular basis to improve the way behavioral health services are delivered in a local community. A close working relationship between school personnel and the local Community Collaborative greatly enhances efficiency and clarity of the referral process. Each Collaborative operates in a slightly different fashion, but all remain committed to helping children with serious emotional disorders succeed in their homes and/or communities. The Collaboratives consist of a variety of mental health and social service agencies plus parents and community providers who comprise the network that helps develop comprehensive treatment plans for individual children and families. 37
The Family Support Center provides voluntary services to the child and family. These services include case management, 24-hour crisis counseling, family mediation, educational advocacy; psycho-educational and cognitive behavioral groups, one-on-one therapeutic sessions and respite care for up to two weeks. CSSD received funds in SFY 2007-2008 to contract with private providers for these services in only four juvenile districts. Thus, only 39 of Connecticut’s 161 cities and towns are currently served by a Family Support Center. They are: Waterbury, Wolcott, Prospect, Naugatuck, Middlebury, Southbury, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby, Hartford, Windsor, Bloomfield, East Hartford, West Hartford, Glastonbury, New Haven, North Haven, West Haven, East Haven, Hamden, Cheshire, Wallingford, Bethany, Woodbridge, Orange, Milford, Branford, North Branford, Guilford, Madison, Bridgeport, Monroe, Easton, Shelton, Trumbull, Stratford, and Fairfield. Funding for six additional FSCs has been requested but not yet granted by the General Assembly. Appropriation of funds for six additional Family Support Centers will allow high risk/needs children and their families in the rest of the state to receive crucial diversionary services in or close to their local community. The Family Support Centers that exist are depicted in Chart 2. CHART 2 Current Family Support Centers Program Type Provider/ location Towns/Cities served Family Support Center– Waterbury CT Junior Republic 80 Prospect Street Waterbury, Ct Waterbury, Wolcott, Prospect, Naugatuck, Middlebury, Southbury, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Family Support Center – Hartford Family Support Center– New Haven Family Support Center – Bridgeport Wheeler Clinic Hartford, Ct St. Francis Home for Children 672 Congress Avenue New Haven, CT CT Renaissance Main Street Bridgeport, CT Seymour, Ansonia, Derby Hartford, Windsor, Bloomfield, East Hartford, West Hartford, Glastonbury New Haven, North Haven, West Haven, East Haven, Hamden, Cheshire, Wallingford, Bethany, Woodbridge, Orange, Milford, Branford, North Branford, Guilford, Madison Bridgeport, Monroe, Easton, Shelton, Trumbull, Stratford, Fairfield 38
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