Program Overview | Southern Arizona | Yavapai County, Arizona | New Mexico

In-Home Services for Youth

Intermountain Centers for Human Development has been at the forefront of innovative services for families using a home-based model which allows children and families to receive services in the least restrictive and in community based settings. All services provided to families adhere to the Arizona Vision and the Twelve Principles as mandated by ADHS/DBHS as Best Practice.

In-Home Service Programs—Rural and Urban

Intermountain has been at the forefront of this mode of service delivery long before it was mandated by the state, and continues its tradition of service delivery through the services provided by the In-Home teams. The goals of the In-Home Services programs are to:

All services provided by Intermountain’s In-Home programs are delivered in the context of Child and Family Teams.

Services are provided to any AHCCCS eligible child in Pima County, including those residing on the Tohono O’odham Nation and the communities of Green Valley, Sahuarita, and Three Points.

In keeping with the Arizona Vision and Best Practices, all services are delivered in the preferred setting of the child and family, usually the child’s place of residence. Services are “wrapped around” a family within the context of Child and Family Teams (CFT). The CFT meets regularly to develop service plans based on the unique needs of each child and family, to reach consensus among team members and to build on natural supports in the families’ lives; friends, family members, pastors, teachers, neighbors--- people that families identify as being important in their lives are asked to be part of the Child and Family Team process.

Child and Family Teams first identify the strengths and needs of each family and explore any cultural considerations the family identifies. Services are provided based on the identified needs of the family, and may include a variety of activities such as: parenting skills education, anger management, health promotion, crisis stabilization, behavioral intervention and skills training, family support, education and advocacy. Families are also linked with community resources to help with basic needs such as child care, housing and medical care.

In-Home Counseling

In-Home Counseling services are available to families with identified behavioral health needs as part of the Child and Family Team. In-Home Counselors provide more intense support for crisis stabilization in an effort to prevent unnecessary out of home placement of a child, or to help a child transition back to their families following an out-of-home placement. Working in the context of the Child and Family Team, the In-Home Counselor meets frequently with the child and family in an effort to stabilize family functioning, decrease crisis events and to provide individual and family counseling. In-Home counseling services are generally provided for a period of 6-8 weeks, with home visits occurring frequently throughout the week. Throughout this intervention, the Child and Family Team will meet frequently to provide on-going assessment of needs.

Referrals

Intermountain Centers for Human Development receives referrals for CFT and In-Home Counseling Services primarily through its partnership with Pantano Behavioral Health Services. Other referral sources are primary care physicians, schools, hospitals, Tribal Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, and through Child Protective Services.

Contact and Referral Information

For more information on the In-Home Services Program or to make a referral, please call or write to:

Program Director
In-Home Services
P.O. Box 17749
Tucson, AZ 85731-7749
Tel: 520-721-1887, ext 309
Fax: 520-721-0069

Success Stories

Juan is 8 years old. He is a victim of extreme abuse and neglect by his parents, including an incident when he was almost run over by his father at age three. At that time, he was sent to a children’s group home where he was abused by older residents. Due to that situation, he was placed with Intermountain in a continuous care (therapeutic foster care) program where he lived, went to school for the first time, and was successfully reunited with his sister, aunt and uncle. Juan is now in the third grade and receives special education services while living with his aunt and uncle. The Intermountain home--based team in Sells continues to support his home placement.

M.W., a mother of twins was referred to Intermountain’s home-based program when she was pregnant at age 17. her home-based therapist, Jennifer, became her birthing coach and helped her to learn parenting skills. M. W. stopped using drugs and alcohol during her pregnancy, and delivered two healthy boys. She returned to high school and is now very busy attending classes, doing homework, caring for her sons and fulfilling her responsibilities at the group home where she lives. Her goal is to finish high school and move to an independent living facility, and then eventually go to college to study Criminal Justice.