Intensive Family is an intensive, in-home service that provides crisis intervention and family treatment to keep children and families safe. Intensive Family is designed for families identified by Crawford County Children and Youth Services (CYS) as being at imminent risk of out-of-home placement, children who are placed outside of the home and cannot be reunified with their family without intensive in-home services, or children who are placed in kinship/foster care and the home is in need of stabilization to prevent a change of placement. Counselors are on-call 24/7.
Intensive Family aims to help parents create a safe, stable and nurturing home environment, prevent children from being placed outside of the home and reunify children who have been removed, and support families in becoming stable and independent.
Intensive Family is available in Crawford County.
Intensive Family Offers:
- Family counseling sessions for individuals, couples, entire families, or any combination of family members
- Parent training on topics such as behavior management, child development, and nutrition
- Assessment using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS) and NCFAS-Reunification.
- Visitation in reunification cases
- Assistance in locating adequate housing or improving home conditions necessary to child safety
- Crisis stabilization
- 24/7 on-call crisis intervention
Does my family qualify for Intensive Family?
Family is available to families with children from birth to 18 years old who are involved with Crawford County Children and Youth Services (CYS) or the Office of Juvenile Probation (JPO). Referrals to Intensive Family must be made by:
- Crawford County Children and Youth Services (CYS)
- Crawford County Office of Juvenile Probation (JPO)
To learn more or to make a referral to Intensive Family Services, please complete the form below.
