Service Organization For Youth

Programs: Community based children's behavioral health services; serves at-risk and high risk population of children and their families. Program provides counseling, clinical couseling/clinical therpy, service assessments,psychological assessments, family support services, mental health diagnostic evaluations, emergency mental health evaluations, intellectual & cognitive functioning evaluations, comprehensive psychological evaluations crisis intervention, life skills development, medication assessment/med management, and client support services (client advocacy). Most referrals come fromthe cyfd-protective services div. And juvenile justice div. Other referrals are made by the schools, other service providers and the courts as well as many self referrals. Geographic service area-colfax and union counties. Clients served during 2012-2013 contract year was 205 (youth)with 230 total family members served -3 short-term cris clients. Funding source: nm children's, youth and families dept. Prevention and intervention. (optum health nm is 3rd party fiscal manager. )

family support services (fss): fss is a child abuse program that targets families who are identified as at-risk of child abuse or neglect. The program is intended to strengthen families with the ultimate goal of preventing child abuse and/or neglect with a menu of services that includes parenting education with 2 diffent cirricula-positive parenting program and circle of security. Client served: 15 families with a total ofincludes parenting education with 2 different 45 family members served. Th

total community approach (tca)matrix-nm human services dept. -the local collaborative (8th judicial district) address substance abuse and co-occuring disorders within union, colfax and taos rural communites. Designed to develop an innovative pilot project to respond to the needs of youth in colfax county in hopes of later replicating the project in union and taos counties. Provide integrated, community-based services in non-traditional settings targeting the family as a whole and provided in-home