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NEVADA DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Intensive Family Services
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Intensive
Family Services provides a continuum of home-based clinical
services to children and families involved with child
welfare services in rural Nevada. While traditional clinical
services are offered in a clinic or office setting, IFS
clinicians conduct all direct client services in the home.
In addition, IFS works collaboratively with the social
worker, the family and other significant parties to address
the issues which brought the family to the attention of the
child welfare agency. IFS utilizes a service delivery
philosophy which attempts to empower families by identifying
strengths and enlisting the family’s assistance in finding
solutions that best meet their needs. Services are provided
in six rural communities: Carson, Silver Springs, Fallon,
Winnemucca, Elko and Pahrump.
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Type of
Services include: |
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Assessments |
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Early assessments are conducted on every child and youth who
come into DCFS custody to identify the needs of the children
and to obtain appropriate services.
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- Specialized
assessments are completed for those children and youth who
have complex special needs identified in early assessments.
This assessment process helps identify treatments and/or
interventions which will enhance the developments of the
children while in foster care.
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Family
Preservation |
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Intensive home-based family
preservation services are provided to families whose
children are at risk of out-of-home placement due to abuse
and/or neglect.
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- Home-based
adoption preservation services are provided to families who
are in the process of adopting a special needs child from
foster care.
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Once a family has been accepted for referral to Intensive
Family Services, clinicians provide a variety of services
depending on need. Services may include: |
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Clinical intervention, in the form of home-based family
counseling based on a brief, strength-based model.
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Education and skill building.
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Case management in partnership with the child welfare
worker.
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Concrete services such as arranging for food, housing,
transportation and childcare.
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Transportation as needed for the family.
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