Transcript Village South, Miami, Florida

Change Project Presentation
The Village South
AIM (Plan)
 The Family In Transition (FIT) program at
The Village South will focus on increasing
the engagement of the Population of
Focus during intake process.
 Specifically biological fathers, children
residing off-site and other family
members of the primary clients
 Offering more family orientated services
CHANGE (Do)
 Intake Process:
 Program staff meets the primary client and explains services
available to family members
 Follow Up/Engagement (within 7 business days):
 Case Manager and/or Outreach Specialist will contact family
members indentified by primary client to engage in program
participation
 Activities:
 Weekly family support/education groups to understand drug
addiction and its effects within the family unit
 Additional Programming:
 Include weekend and holiday family orientated events
RESULTS (Study)
600%
40
35
35
500%
4.38
30
400%
25
300%
20
15
10
5
2.66
200%
8
8
100%
3
0%
0
Prior To
Since Change
Change Project
Project
Since Change Since Change
Project Project Adults
Children
Adults Enrolled
Since Change Project - Adults
Since Change Project -Children
Children Enrolled
NEXT STEP (ACT)
 The Village South is designing and implementing a
Family Centered System of Care
 Where the family is the client
 Additional services and resources can be offered to the
family
 Each case is conceptalized and treated as a unit
 Collaborative approach to clinical decisions
IMPACT (Business Case
& Lessons Learned)
 The current SAMHSA cost band is based on individual
clients instead of an entire family unit
 With family members living off-site there are extra costs
associated with providing services
 Women whose children are off-site may not be in the
same household therefore requires home visits to each
residence
 There is a service vacuum within the community and
currently do not have enough staff to meet the extra
demand. Staffing patterns need to be altered
 Number of staff, Hours of operation (evenings/weekends),
Home based visits and Reliable transportation
 The follow-ups only pay family members $20
 May not be enough of an incentive to cover additional
transportation and time committments