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COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT
Child and Family Focus has been expanding our programs in an effort to serve more families
in need in more counties in Pennsylvania. In addition to the three core services CFF began
with – Family Based, Therapeutic Foster Care and Respite – we are adding a wide array of
services to our continuum of care. These new services speak to our philosophy of providing
quality community based supports for children and families. This ongoing expansion of
services at CFF led to the development of the Community Outreach Department. The Community
Outreach Department includes:
- Children’s Review Team
- Respite Program
- Extended Assessment Program
- Therapeutic Foster Care and our Foster Parents
- Family Outreach Department, which includes Family Mentors, Family Support Advocates
for the System of Care Initiative, Love and Logic Education and Sibshops.
These departments partner and collaborate within the agency under the direction of the
Community Outreach Director. Please forward any questions regarding these departments to
Eva Marie Swymelar, Community Outreach Director at 610 783 1788.
TREATMENT SERVICES
CFF recognizes that the needs of children and families at-risk can be extremely
complex and that school personnel, social workers, therapists, family
development specialists and administrators must work together to best meet
these needs. Treatment services are provided by a two-person team through
intensive treatment interventions in the family's home or in the therapeutic
foster home.
CFF Autism Family Based Services offer a unique approach to helping the child
and the family of the child, who has been diagnosed with a developmental
disability within the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Click here to learn more.
Child and Family Focus, Inc. (CFF) offers an exceptional program of therapeutic
foster care (TFC). Like typical foster care, a child unable to live with his /
her own family lives with a foster family who temporarily provides basic care.
TFC families provide this and more. They go to a higher level as part of a
therapeutic team to provide emotional healing and behavioral supports. TFC
families help children help children to learn to live in a healthy family
environment and become an active member of the community. Click here to learn more.
Intensive "in-home" treatment and services for families aimed at:
- Strengthening the family in meeting the needs of their child
- Teaching the child strategies to use in place of maladaptive behaviors
- Preventing out of home placement
- Serving as a follow up to out of home placement
Click here to learn more.
The Family Mentor works with Chester County families whose children are involved
in any of the child serving systems. A Family Mentor helps the family to become
more self-empowered to get their needs met. Click here to learn more.
CFF’s Extended Assessment Program provides services to Montgomery County children
and families presenting with complex needs that may be difficult to assess in an
office setting. Our goal is to determine the most appropriate level and intensity
of care needed through a comprehensive evaluation of the child. The Extended
Assessment team is comprised of an Intake Specialist, Program Coordinator and
Psychologist.
Click here to learn more.
CFF’s Children’s Review Team is for Chester County families who are considering
placing their child in an out of home placement. It is the mechanism to insure that
every community resource and option for a child has been considered and exhausted
prior to a child being referred to a therapeutic foster care program or a residential
treatment facility. The Children’s Review Team will facilitate and connect children
to the most appropriate mental health service as deemed by the Interagency Service
Planning Team.
Click here to learn more.
Short-term respite care for the at-risk child provides a welcome break to families
providing Therapeutic Foster Care, as well as those receiving Family Based Mental
Health or other Mental Health Services in the community. Click here to learn more.
* Respite Care can consist of a few hours, a day, overnight,
or a weekend.
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