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Table 2 examines the risk/needs in more detail based on the measurement components at any level. Table 2 MASYI-2 ASSESSMENT RESULTS SFY 2005 Measurement Component Alcohol/Drugs Anger Depression Somatic Suicide Thought Disturbance Number of Children 83 514 372 500 185 135 93
Appendix V Highlights of Other Programs • The Family Assessment Program in New York “In 2001, the New York State Legislature expanded PINS eligibility requirements to include 16- and 17-year-olds. Soon after, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the Department of Probation, fearing an influx of between 3,800 and 5,300 new PINS cases, initiated an overhaul of the system’s intake procedures. The centerpiece of this overhaul was the introduction of the Family Assessment Program (FAP), launched in December 2002. FAP aims to connect families in crisis with appropriate services in a timely manner, thus reducing unnecessary PINS intakes and outof-home placement. Parents seeking PINS assistance for their child bring him or her into the FAP offices and meet with a family assessment specialist. This specialist interviews the family and then refers them to appropriate services. In most cases, families are referred to a nonprofit social service provider known as the Designated Assessment Service (DAS), which offers a more comprehensive assessment and targeted service referrals. If parents insist on filing a petition after the initial interview (or if the child is a runaway), the specialist will inform them about the procedures for doing so. In 2005, Vera completed a preliminary assessment of FAP and its impact on the PINS process. This investigation found that the city was reaping significant benefits from the new program. Less than three years after FAP was introduced, probation intakes, petitions to family court, and out-of-home placements for PINS youth had all been reduced significantly.” (Choudry, R., “The Family Assessment Program: Trajectories and Effects” December 2007, Executive Summary, iii). Vera recently conducted a second study, which “suggests that FAP is indeed helping the families it serves. Many of the young people…received prompt referrals to service providers, one-fifth making a service appointment on the same day as their referral. Many showed signs of improved mental health (including reduced rates of substance abuse and suicidal ideation), more cohesive family relations, and decreased stress due to “fights with a boss, teachers, co-workers, or classmates” in the three to four months following the FAP intervention.”(Id, iv) • The Family Keys and Community Connections Program in Orange County New York The Family Keys program which began in 2003, provides services to families who have filed a PINS petition. The Department of Probation refers a family directly to the Family Keys Program. Family Support Caseworkers from the program meet with the family to assess needs and work with the family to de-escalate crisis and mediate disputes. There is an intensive intervention in the first two to three week time period following the 94
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RECOMMENDATION THREE PROVIDE FUNDS
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