Saint Francis Ministries’ focus on healing and hope enables us to achieve our vision of transforming lives and systems. One of the best ways to achieve our vision is by using Prevention programs and services to empower families with the skills and tools they need to heal and regain wholeness. We don’t want to simply support kids in foster care, we want to keep them from entering foster care in the first place.
Saint Francis’ Intensive In-Home Prevention Services emphasizes keeping families together. We help families in Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska develop the solutions and skills they need to reduce risks in everyday situations. Integral to our Intensive In-Home Services is Family Centered Treatment®, an evidence-based model that focuses on working with the family to build a stable, healthy future. Families learn to build upon their existing strengths so they can better provide for the health and security of their children.
Saint Francis Ministries has also partnered with Texas families in McLennan and Bell Counties to offer them hope in crisis and help them create opportunities for positive change before any involvement with foster care or child protective services becomes necessary. The partnership is part of Texas Home Visiting (THV), a free, voluntary program through which early childhood and health professionals regularly visit the homes of families with at least one child five years old or younger.
“THV is a true prevention program,” said Katherine May, Executive Director of In-Home Prevention Services. “We work with families before involvement with the foster care system and help them grow stronger so they can stay together.”
Utilizing the Family Check-Up® therapeutic model, Saint Francis THV is voluntary and family driven. Families who want extra support choose to participate in the program and receive help crafting parenting goals, understanding their children’s behavior, and improving well-being. THV complements Saint Francis Ministries’ array of programs and services, especially because of its focus on prevention and empowering families to address and handle challenges themselves.
“One of my favorite parts of THV is that the family drives the process,” said May. “The family decides on the goals based on the support they want.”
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