AGENCY TESTIMONY
Community-based alternatives for at-risk youth
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Commissioner Dannhauser describes the Family Assessment Program (FAP) and other community-based alternatives designed to prevent at-risk youth from entering the justice system or foster care.
- FAP has significantly reduced the number of youth entering foster care under PINS
- FAP serves approximately 3,000 youth each year
- The FAP continuum includes various family therapy models and support services
Jess Dannhauser
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ACS also oversees a continuum of community based alternatives that help prevent at risk youth from getting involved with the justice system or entering foster care.
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Our family assessment program, FAP, was originally designed to help prevent youth from coming into foster care as person in needs of in need of supervision.
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When FAP began in 2022, there were 822 youth who came into foster care under our pins.
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In 2023, there were 9.
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Today, FAP is free, voluntary, and available to any family struggling with difficult teenage behaviors.
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FAP bridges the gap between teenagers and families in crisis by helping them resolve and manage conflict through assessments, individualized interventions, and referrals to a range of community based support programs, including our own continuum of services.
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FAP serves approximately 3,000, youth each year.
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The FAP continuum includes family stabilization, intensive 3 month crisis intervention to deescalate conflict, functional family therapy, brief strategic family therapy, multi systemic therapy, substance abuse, respite, and mentoring and advocacy where youth are connected to Fair Futures coaches for the first time.
