In-Home Services Program Overview
In Tucson and neighboring rural Arizona communities throughout Pima County, Intermountain staff members provide In-Home Wrap-Around Services in the context of the Child and Family Team, normally working with children from birth to 21 years who have been identified as at-risk and are Title XIX eligible. Inhome services are often designed to facilitate the reunification of child with his/her biological family following an out-of-home placement or to ease the transition from a restrictive environment back to a community-based living arrangement.
Objectives of In-Home Services include:
- To keep the child in his/her home with support and prevent removal
- To address safety and crisis issues within 24 hours of referral
- To provide therapeutic support services 24 hours/7 days a week
- To transition children and their families out of crisis to a stabilized state
- To wrap individualized support services around each child and family
- To support a child’s transition from an out-of-home placement back home
Following referral, a behavior support specialist assigned to the child travels to the youth’s home environment where a Functional Behavioral Assessment is made. Through a series of meetings with the child and family members, the family’s strengths and needs are identified. From the first contact, a network of natural support resources is woven for the youth and family, and a Child and Family Team is developed from friends, neighbors, family members and service providers. Some of the inhome services include:
- Behavioral Treatment Plan
- Behaviorally-based Interventions
- 24/7 Crisis Response
- Crisis and Safety Planning and Implementation
- Parent or Caregiver Skill Training and Education
- Positive Life Skill Training and Development
- Structure and Daily Routine Development, Consistency
- Consultation with Child and Family Teams or Adult Recovery Teams Regarding Behavior and Appropriate Interventions
- Wraparound Community Supports
Behavior support specialists assist each child and family in finding and accessing community resources available to them such as day care, legal aid, sources of transportation, leisure activities, medical care, food and shelter. Parents and caregivers are taught behavior management skills including how to address and assess developmental needs, the use of rewards/natural and logical consequences for behavior, and the importance of consistency and limit-setting in childrearing.
In some cases, a child and his/her family are referred to In-Home Services to receive support as a youth is transitioned back to his/her family following an outof- home placement. In those instances, the specialist assigned to the child works with him/her in the current placement and with the family prior to the child’s return to alleviate transitional stress and create a smooth plan for transition.
In all cases, the In-Home Service staff members seek to increase the number of children who are living successfully at home, improve functional outcomes for all clients, assist all children referred to reach goals they set with their Child and Family Team, and effectively integrate Support and Rehabilitation Services with best practice in the behavioral field.
Referral Information
For information, contact:
Kelly Burroughs
Phone: (520) 721-1887 x 7383
Fax: (520) 721-0069
Email: kellyb@ichd.net