Tides Family Services Inc

Tides outreach and tracking program (top): top is a community and home-based program with a goal of family preservation and school completion with youth ages 6 to 18 referred by dcyf, fccp, or court. The outreach and tracking programs serviced 231 clients/families in fy2024.

Counseling: this includes clinical and enhanced outpatient services (eos). This home-based clinical program provides youth, 6 to 18, with intensive short-term counseling with a goal of preventing hospitalization. Licensed clinicians receive referrals from parents, courts, probation officers, school departments, and other mental health or social services agencies. During the fiscal year, 3 clients were supported through this service.mrss: tfs also delivers mobile response and stabilization services (mrss). Mrss is a brief intervention model with the goal of stabilizing acute crisis situations while providing assessment and referrals to appropriate treatment providers. Those treatment providers will then be able to address the underlying problems that are perpetuating the crisis. Master's level clinicians, behavioral assistants, and peer support specialists will work to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, police interventions and/or out of home placement. Serving ages 2 to 21, youth and their families will remain open for a maximum of 30 days in order to help them stabilize and make a connection to needed services. During the fiscal year, nearly 300 clients gained access to mrss.other: tides family services provides the believe in making results (bmr) program. The bmr program is designed to work with central falls and pawtucket youth ages 6 to 18 and their families who need assistance in several areas including improving family functioning, meeting basic needs, preventing dcyf involvement, developing coping skills, and preventing out of home placement. In addition, tfs in partnership with community care alliance (cca) established nexo behavioral and mental health clinic to deliver out-patient mental health services to children ages 5 to 17. Our bilingual psychiatrists, licensed clinician, and promotores de salud offer services to include screening and assessments for behavioral health conditions, medical condition, and social risks. In addition, the clinic runs skilled based groups. Through both of these services, over 50 clients were supported in the fiscal year by tfs staff.

Education (the tides school): the tides school strives to be seen as a place of hope, encouragement and success as well as valuable part of the community where families feel the school is making their entire family stronger. Servicing youth between 5th and 12th grade, tides school believes education encompasses social/emotional development as well so that students from all backgrounds learn the skills necessary to maintain healthy relationships, to establish appropriate boundaries and to resolve conflicts with family, peers and the community. Over the course of the fiscal year, approximately 36 students were educated by the tides school.

Youth transition center (ytc): ytc is a unique collaboration between tides family services, dcyf and the rhode island training school (rits) for youth, aged 13 to 19. Ytc helps youth to prepare for release from the rits or meet the conditions of their probation. It emphasizes responsibility and prevention strategies to avoid re-entry into the juvenile justice system. During the fiscal year (fy2024) 67 clients received services.

Functional family therapy (fft): evidence-based model working with youth ages 10 to 18 and at least one caregiver. Fft utilizes behavioral and cognitive interventions to enhance family interactions to better understand how the presenting issue functions within their family system. The therapist assesses global family needs and other factors that may contribute to problem behaviors. Referrals are received from dcyf, fccp, or court. During fy2024, 60 youth were supported through fft.

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