Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) Services:

Family Ties is a Licensed Provider approved to provide all services under the Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA) program, including family assessments, wrap around services and adolescent assessments. Family Ties, Inc. assists families in the skill and resource development necessary to safely maintain children in their home.

Vision for Family Preservation Services:

Family Ties, Inc. will assist families in the skill and resource development necessary to safely maintain children in their home. Our philosophy is that each family has the ability to address any situation they may face. We believe that with proper support, education and encouragement, families can establish goals and values that guide them in their development. We believe that values drive action and growth toward true behavioral change. We believe the best place for this growth is within the home and with the support of community resources.

CPS and Ongoing Services

Brief Intervention (551); Homestead (571); Parent Aide (573)

Brief Intervention/Diversion – Provides short term (10 hours) in-home parenting training and other brief intervention services to address immediate problems, for families where there is little or no safety risk to the child.

Parent Aide Services (In home case-management):  Services to provide case management assistance to families in completing the defined goals and steps of their Case Plan. Services may include coordinating community resources, coordinating/ supervising visitation, and drug screens 

In-Home Intensive- Therapeutic and/or clinical services: For a family in preparation for the safe return of a child, and/or to maintain and stabilize a child’s current placement.

Homestead Purposeful Visit: Comprehensive Case Management Services.

Wraparound (518)

Transportation: This is solely for the purposes of transporting family/children to and from services and does not include participation in any supervised visits.  If supervision is required for a visit, please use correct code

In-Home Case Management Clinical: Provides clinical services to assist children and families in meeting the defined permanency goals (i.e., reunification, adoption, custody to relative, guardianship) and steps as outlined in the case plan.

In-Home Case Management Paraprofessional: Provides case management assistance to families in completing the goals and steps of their Case Plan.

In-Home Intensive Clinical/Therapeutic: Therapeutic and/or Clinical services: For a family in preparation for the safe return of a child, and/or to maintain and stabilize a child’s current placement.

Crisis Intervention/ Prevent Disruption Clinical:  Provides an immediate service to stabilize a volatile family situation, which may result in a child’s current placement being disrupted and/or the child being at risk of re-entering foster care. This service places a Therapist in the home.

Crisis Intervention/ Prevent Disruption Paraprofessional: Same as above, but provides a paraprofessional in the home.

Crisis Intervention Behavioral Clinical: provides immediate services of therapy and/or counseling to stabilize and manage the behavior of a child, which may result in his/her current placement being at imminent risk of disruption and/or the child being at risk of re-entering foster care.

Crisis Intervention Behavioral Paraprofessional: behavior aides for child; parent aid services and/or parenting classes, coordinating and facilitating family conferences and addressing discipline issues.

Court Appearance Testimony Therapist

Court Appearance Paraprofessional

Repairing the Bonds:  Adolescent crisis program in Dekalb County, designed to prevent adolescents from coming into care and reunifying adolescents with their families.  Services include individual and Family counseling and groups.

PUP (521) Counseling, Drug Screens & Assessments:

Counseling: Individual, child, family, drug/alcohol abuse and martial counseling.

Drug Screen (urine):  Family Ties offers a 10 Panel point of use urinalysis test for on-site detection of (THC) Tetrahydrocannabinol/Marijuana, (MTD)Methadone, (OPI)Opiates, (PCP)Phencyclidine,  (BAR) Barbiturates,  (BZD) Benzodiazepines), (OXY) Oxycodone,  (COC) Cocaine, (AMP)Amphetamine, (M-AMP) Methamphetamine

Alcohol Screens:  Alcohol screens are conducted orally, using a saliva alcohol testing protocol

Court Appearance

Psychological Evaluation: Conducted by a licensed psychologist, who through the use of clinical interviewing techniques and psychological batteries, will evaluate an individual or family’s social, intellectual and/or psychological well-being.

Home Evaluation: Detailed assessment and study on the home of a child’s placement resource.

Parental Fitness: A comprehensive assessment to identify a parent’s strengths and needs as well as aspects of a parent’s lifestyle and habits that may impact their ability to properly parent their child.

Domestic Violence: An assessment designed to determine if there is intimate partner violence in a relationship and, if so, to determine the appropriate services for the persons who are assessed.

Substance Abuse drug/alcohol: Utilizing the SASSI screening tool to identify high or low probability of substance or alcohol dependence disorder and provide clinical insight into level of treatment needed.  Includes an initial drug screen (urine).