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Eligibility: This program receives MOE funds.
Restriction on Amount, Frequency, or Duration of Services or Payments: Varies among grant recipients.
Major Activities: Activities may include mentorship for social, emotional and academic support, life skill development and character building; evidenced-based trauma- responsive activities and experiences that will address and/or explore the adverse childhood experiences; and parenting and child development classes/workshops to assist teen fathers with parenting skills. The Comprehensive Needs of Fathers program provides a case management service to comprehensively address the needs of fathers, such as assist with finding employment, establish appropriate child support obligations, and obtaining parenting education.
The Evidence-Based Education Program for Fathers provides group or one-on-one, evidence-based parenting education programs. These programs educate fathers on enhancing their parenting skills, including but not limited to newborn and infant care education; training to improve the mother-father and child-father relationship; mindful parenting; parent coaching to support positive behavior change; ways to have a positive impact on the child’s social learning, language and literacy development.
Referral to Other Programs to Assist Transition from Welfare to Work: Varies among grant recipients which may include referrals to workforce agencies, mental health or substance abuse treatment.
5.12 FAMILY INTENSIVE TREATMENT (FIT)
Purpose: To provide intensive services to families in the child welfare system with parental substance use. Upon successful completion, the family would have the skills and natural support system needed to maintain improvements made during services. Goals of the FIT Team model are to: 1. Provide early identification of at-risk families. 2. Establish a team-based approach to planning and service delivery in coordination with Community-Based Care Lead Agencies, Child Welfare Professionals, Managing Entities, and other providers of services. 3. Integrate evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders, parenting interventions, and therapeutic treatment for all family members into one comprehensive treatment approach. 4. Identify family-driven pathways to recovery and promote sustained recovery through cultural and gender-sensitive treatment and involvement in recovery- oriented services and supports. 5. Facilitate concurrent planning between child welfare case planning and treatment plan goals, to integrate the family’s strengths and needs with their dependency case plan.