In-Home Therapy Services
In-Home Therapy Services may be available to augment the needs of a family already receiving some level of service as a supplement to meet their needs (i.e., an individual receiving outpatient individual therapy that also needs in-home family therapy) or for circumstances such as parents struggling with the challenges of raising a child with physical, developmental or mental disabilities.
Workers or a designated on-call clinician are available to clients 24/7 for crisis situations and are Masters’ level clinicians with experience with children, families, adults and couples.o
Children meeting criteria for DMH In-Home Children’s Services through Tri-County Mental Health (Intensive Community Support, Community Support, and Targeted Case Management) are not eligible for sliding scale In-Home Therapy Services. Children meeting criteria for Tri-County Mental Health programs will be assisted in accessing their services.
Outpatient Therapy Services are offered at our main office, Monday-Friday, as well as various satellite offices throughout the Northland.
Many insurance plans, MC+ plans & Medicaid are accepted and a sliding scale is offered. HFCS strives to provide therapy, regardless of ability to pay.
Referral Base: Missouri Children’s Division, Community Mental Health Centers, Schools, Physicians, Juvenile Justice, self-referrals, case managers, etc.
Tender Beginnings
New parents who might need extra support with the birth of their first child are referred to the program by local hospitals, health departments and other community agencies. From these referrals, highly trained interviewers help identify those who would most benefit from intensive home visitation. Services that are designed to help parents be “the best that they can be” are voluntarily offered guidance to enrolled families until the child is prepared to enter school. Beginning on a weekly basis, the home visitor shares parenting guidance and offers support in the range of areas including child development, nutrition, preventative healthcare, child care, employment, housing and links to other community resources.
Tender BeginningsPlus
A voluntary program aimed at helping couples build relationship skills while supporting them as parents during their new child's most rapid and significant developmental phase of life - pre-natal to age 3.
Services are available at no charge to Clay and Platte county residents who are unwed and are expectant parents or who have a child less than three months old.
Couple's Retreats are designed to assist committed couples improve their child's well being by providing the skills and information needed to imprve the quality and stability of their relationships, as well as promoting healthy child growth and development through in home visitation, increasing Healthy Families in our community.
Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant: 90FE0008. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
BraveHearts Training for Professionals This practical, idyllic and relaxed training on how to engage fathers uses interactive presentations, exercises and videos.
Instruction focuses on factors affecting fatherhood such as:
· Perceptions as competent caregivers
· Beliefs about fathering
· Psychological wellness & Role stress
· Characteristics of their child
· Relationship with their child’s mother
· Network of support outside of family
· Economic and work-related status
· Social isolation
Healthy Families staff is available throughout the year to provide consultations and presentations to agencies, groups and organizations in the communities in which they serve.
