Children's Home Association of Illinois - Family Support Program (FSP)

Description:

Children's Home serves as the coordinator for services for youth needing intensive emotional support.

FSP is a state-funded program that provides access to intensive mental health services and support to youth with a severe emotional disturbance. The goal of the FSP is to support eligible youth and their families by strengthening family stability, improving clinical outcomes, and promoting community-based services.

Every youth enrolled in FSP is assigned to a coordinator who provides case management, access to mental health services, additional community support, and residential treatment when it is determined to be medically necessary.

For more information or to apply to FSP, please visit the HFS website (https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalclients/behavioral/familysupportprogram.html) or contact Rachel Nieslawski at rnieslawski@chail.org or call 309-687-7964.

Hours:

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Intake Process:

Please visit the HFS website (https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalclients/behavioral/familysupportprogram.html) or contact Rachel Nieslawski at rnieslawski@chail.org or call 309-687-7964.

Program Fees:

None

Languages:

English with capabilities for other languages

Eligibility:

-The parent or guardian of the youth demonstrates residence in the State of Illinois (the Children's Home Association covers Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Fulton, Marshall, Putnam, and Stark counties for this program);
-The youth is under the age of 18 at the time a completed application is submitted;
-The youth is not under the guardianship or in the legal custody of any unit of the federal, State or local government;
-The parent or guardian of the youth agrees to meet the terms of the Program!€™s Parent or Guardian Responsibilities outlined in the Family Support Program Application;
-The youth demonstrates a severe emotional disturbance;
-The youth demonstrates a severity of need indicating that his or her clinical needs are not being met through active participation in traditional outpatient mental health services;
-The youth demonstrates sufficient cognitive capacity to respond to psychiatric treatment and intervention;
-The youth!€™s history of mental health challenges and treatment efforts demonstrate a chronic condition rather than an acute episode; and
-The youth demonstrates behaviors or symptoms that are likely to respond to the treatment services available in the FSP.

Is Shelter?

No

Related Resource

Date of Official Change:

September 16, 2024

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Legal Status:

Non-Profit