Home Based Services
Communities for People offers home-based services to all eligible families in Rhode Island. Our staff are here to provide support through in-person and virtual check-ins, and 24/7 on-call help is also available. We provide assistance within 48 hours of Department of Youth, Children and Families (DCYF) referral, and most families receive home based services for 3-9 months. One of the many reasons home-based services are so important is because they can eliminate barriers to receiving treatment by bringing the clinical support directly to the family's home.
Enhanced Family Support Services (EFSS)
Enhanced Family Support Services is an in-home treatment program helping any youth from 0-21 years old stay with their family or overcome significant stressors to reunify after a residential placement. Services range from family mediation; behavior management strategies and planning; daily structure planning and strategies for supervision in the home; life skills education; basic needs assistance; strategisties for effective communication among family members; role-modeling/coaching, holistic support such as expressive arts, and more. Parents and caregivers develop the skills necessary to ensure the safety, health, and the well-being of all family members.
Family Centered Treatment® (FCT)
Family Centered Treatment is an evidence-based, intensive family and community-based program serving youth from 0-20 years old with an identified caregiver. It is made up of 4 unique phases that promote improved family functioning with all household members. FCT therapists work with the entire family system and through the course of treatment, encouraging each family member to value the changes they make in their progress.
FCT differs from other home-based, family-focused programs in that it emphasizes the importance of families finding value and developing ownership in the changes being made.
Family Time Enhanced Visitation Program
Family Time is a program that combines weekly supervised visitation with the “Incredible Years” (IY) parenting curriculum, helping parents learn and practice positive parenting techniques. This program serves all youth ages 0-18 statewide, in English and Spanish. It is best suited for youth separated from their parents or caretakers, those in need of visitation services, and parents needing structured skill-building support.
The program provides regular, predictable visitation schedules approved by the Department or Family Court, with at least one supervised visit per week. Parent Coaches manage families through supervised visits, observing parenting skills, and providing feedback. The IY curriculum involves weekly group sessions over 16-20 weeks, and the program typically lasts 6-9 months. Transportation to parenting groups and visits is provided.
Families for Children – Supportive Services (FFC-SS)
FFC-SS is a community-based intensive service uses evidence-based and trauma-informed practices to support children in generic, kinship, or pre-adoptive homes statewide. We serve youth ages 0-20 in foster, kinship, and pre-adoptive homes, focusing on improving family stability and preserving youth placements while awaiting permanency. Each youth works with a social worker and a clinician, receiving intensive social work and clinical supports, rapid response coordination, transportation, and supervision of sibling/family visitation. Services typically last six months, and are provided primarily in the family’s home, but can be accessed in the community or school as needed. Additional support includes scheduling appointments, transportation, sibling/birth parent visits, and mentoring.
Our approach is grounded in the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) model, utilizing trauma-informed practices and Motivational Interviewing (MI). We offer extensive case management, clinical services, behavioral management, individualized treatment planning, trauma-informed therapy, emergency response, safety planning, and advocacy. Evening and weekend services are available, with 24/7 on-call emergency support. Additional support includes family support and visitation linkages, TIPS-MAPP training for kinship homes, licensing support for new foster homes, access to respite services, and formal aftercare services up to six months post-discharge. This program is closely linked to our Rhode Island foster care programs.