Family Centered Treatment® included in the Model Programs Guide

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Family Centered Treatment® (FCT®), a treatment model designed for use in the provision of intensive in-home services, has been included in the Model Programs Guide published by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Model Programs Guide posting for FCT can be viewed here.

The OJJDP Model Programs Guide is a user-friendly, online portal to scientifically tested and proven programs that address a range of issues across the juvenile justice spectrum. The Guide profiles more than 175 prevention and intervention programs and helps communities identify those that best suit their needs. Family Centered Treatment is one of only 25 family therapy type models to achieve the OJJDP MPG model program rating. (http://www2.dsgonline.com/mpg/ratings.aspx).

“We at FamiliFirst are so pleased to share that the web posting of OJJDP’s Model Program’s Guide for Family Centered Treatment has occurred,” said FamiliFirst president and board chairman William E. Painter, Jr. “This landmark designation will pave the way for continued evidence-based evaluation of the FCT model, and will help us to get this treatment methodology out to even more families that can benefit from it.”

FCT is a practice and evidence-based model of treatment designed for use in the provision of intensive in-home services. FCT’s origins derive from practitioner’s efforts to find simple, practical, and common-sense solutions for families faced with the forced removal of their children from the home or dissolution of the family due to both external and internal stressors and circumstances. FCT was developed by Institute for Family Centered Services (IFCS) with rights owned by FamiliFirst. A brief description of FCT is available here.