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Programs: Family homes services is a family style, community-based residential program that can serve six to seven males or females in one of five family homes, usually aged 10 to 17. Married couples called family teachers are the primary treatment agents, along with a full-time assistant family teacher. Family teachers are responsible for structured supervision of youth in daily living and treatment activities. The couple and their assistant work on both treatment and skill building in the home and with community and family resources in the childs life. A major focus of this program is teaching youth how to build healthy relationships and pro-social skills. Older youth also focus on developing functional skills - often referred to as independent-living skills that can help them achieve success in school, their families, and work settings.

foster family services is a community-based program operated by specially trained and supervised treatment foster parents to serve foster children with treatment needs. In this program, treatment foster parents care for youth of all ages - infancy through adolescence - who need more attention and treatment than is provided in a traditional foster care placement. Boys town north florida, inc. Recruits, trains, and supervises treatment foster parents, enabling them to care for youth with special needs in their private homes. A major focus of this program is teaching youth functional skills - often referred to as independent-living skills that can help them achieve success in school, their families, and work settings. Treatment foster parents recieve 24 hour, on-call support and treatment advice from boys town north florida, inc. S professionals.

in-home family services has trained family consultants to work with families that are struggling to stay together or are in danger of having a child removed from the home. No matter what the underlying cause - economic hardship, substance abuse, marital issues, family conflicts, health challenges, or others - the goal is to keep children in the home, or to reunify them with their family if they have been removed from their home. Conslutants work right in the parents home, helping them to improve parenting skills, create a safe, nurturing home for children, and use resources in the community to solve problems on their own. Consultants are on call 24/7 to provide support and assistance.