Texas Home Visiting Family Check-Up®
If you’re a parent or caregiver in Central Texas looking for support, you’re in the right place. Saint Francis Ministries’ Texas Home Visiting (THV) program offers free, in-home services designed to help families build on their strengths, strengthen relationships, and create a stable environment for their children. Whether you’re facing challenges or just want a little extra guidance, our team is here to walk alongside you. Fill out the form to get started—we’d love to connect.
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Guidance and Tools for Families in Central Texas
Saint Francis Ministries Texas Home Visiting (THV) partners with families to identify and build upon their existing strengths so they can provide for the health and security of their children. We provide guidance and tools for families facing challenges, supporting long-term family well-being and helping strengthen stability early on to prevent the need for outside intervention.
THV achieves this by using the Family Check-Up Model. Family Check-Up is a brief, family-centered, and strengths-based approach to mindful parenting, tailored to family strengths and needs.
This program is specifically designed for families not involved in foster care or the child welfare system.
How Texas Home Visiting Family Check-Up Works
Assessment & Goal Setting
- Combines assessment with motivational interviewing to engage families in identifying strengths and areas for improvement in parenting.
- Uses collaborative feedback and goal setting with parents to bridge to Everyday Parenting and other follow-up services as needed.
Follow-Up Services
- Primary follow-up services are provided via Everyday Parenting curriculum, which offers parents simple, practical parenting strategies to promote positive behavior support, setting healthy limits, and building family relationships.
- Additional support services are available to help families identify and work toward non-parenting related goals.
- Transportation is offered, as relevant, while families are in services. Transportation can be scheduled around the time of the session.
Services Delivered Directly in the Home
Texas Home Visiting enables clinicians to directly observe families where members are most comfortable – at home. Interaction with family members within their natural setting makes it possible to observe and support healthy routines in real time.
Plus…
The program is open to most families in the area, especially:
- Parents with children ages 0-5
- Children residing with caregivers
Why Family Check-Up?
- Most well-supported evidence-based practice across the widest age group (2-17 years)
- Effective with a diverse range of families
- Supported by more than 30 years of solid research
- Families find the program approachable and useful.
Implementation Process:
- Can be utilized across a wide range of settings
- Training and implementation support tailored to meet the needs of clinicians
- Online training and support
