Crisis Intervention

The goal of this line of service is to help emotionally / behaviorally troubled youth remain at home in the community and avoid psychiatric hospitalization or other out-of-home placement.  TCFS provides a 90-day intensive home-based crisis intervention, counseling and support through its Screening, Assessment, and Support Services (SASS).

SASS provides short-term counseling and help in coordinating services the family may be receiving from other community agencies.  SASS services are for children whose ability to function in the home, school and/or community is severely impaired.  If the child is suicidal or has intent to harm himself/herself or someone else, an immediate referral can be made for a SASS intervention.

WRAP Process

WRAP is a process in which the following steps typically occur:

• A family identifies the key people in a child's life and agrees to invite them to be a part of a Child & Family Team.

• Meetings are scheduled to include as many team members as possible and the meetings are held in the most comfortable place for the family.

• Meetings are brainstorming sessions in which 9 areas (life domains) of a child's life are discussed to list a child's strengths and needs.

• The team looks at how these strengths and needs relate to the average child of the same age.

• The team brainstorms ways to use the child's strengths to meet his/her needs.

• Between meetings, team members take responsibility for gathering information about programs or services the child could possibly join; the team may also consider services that are needed that do not yet exist in the area.

• Once the team has chosen a plan of action, they have the chance to present a plan to the Local Area Network (LAN) for funding for some parts of the plan.

• The team meets to review and update the plan as needed.

WRAP meetings occur weekly or biweekly until the WRAP plan is made; then the team might meet monthly or less.  The scheduling varies with each team.