Family Preservation Services (FPS)
Keeping Families in the Communities They Call Home
INDIANA
The National Youth Advocate Program's (NYAP) Family Preservation Services (FPS) are built on the belief that youth achieve the best outcomes when they can safely remain with their families and in their communities. Our holistic, intensive approach helps families address challenges, build on their strengths, and connect with the services and support needed to achieve lasting stability.
By working alongside families in their homes and communities, we strengthen family functioning, enhance protective factors, and reduce the need for out-of-home care whenever it is safe and appropriate.
Parental supervision
Parenting skills and child development
Relational conflict, dysfunction, or instability
Trauma
Parental mental health
Adult or youth substance abuse
Cognitive or developmental delays
Self-regulation and emotional functioning
Attunement or attachment concerns
WHO FPS SERVES
FPS supports families experiencing complex challenges that place youth at risk of being removed from their home. Services are designed to strengthen family relationships, improve stability, and help families safely remain together.
Families may need support in areas such as:
Transition from restrictive placement
Truancy or academic barriers
Transportation needs
Unemployment or underemployment
Limited financial or community resources
Insufficient support systems
Housing instability or lack of housing
Unsafe or inhabitable home conditions
WHAT FPS OFFERS
Parenting skill development, including father engagement
Adult substance abuse intervention
Youth substance abuse intervention
Support for youth transitioning from restrictive placements
Treatment for youth with sexually reactive behaviors
SERVICE DELIVERY
The length of services is based on each family's identified needs and applicable contractual requirements. Families with higher levels of need may benefit from longer service durations to support meaningful and lasting outcomes.
PHASES OF TREATMENT
PHASE ONE: ENGAGEMENT & TEAM PREPARATION
Family engagement and team preparation
Hearing the family's story
Safety planning and crisis stabilization
Identifying strengths and needs
Convening the Child-Family Team (CFT)
PHASE TWO: PLANNING
Developing the initial family plan with the CFT
Identifying and prioritizing goals
Creating individualized strategies and interventions
PHASE THREE: IMPLEMENTATION
Implementing the family plan
Ongoing safety plan review
Continued collaboration with systems and community partners
Weekly supervision and fidelity monitoring
PHASE FOUR: TRANSITION
Preparing for discharge and transition
Demonstrated ability to manage crises independently
Readiness determination and family-directed transition planning
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES TEAM
NYAP's experienced, multidisciplinary team works collaboratively with families and community partners to provide coordinated, strengths-based support. Our team emphasizes communication, identifies and builds family strengths, and celebrates progress throughout the course of service.
FPS VALUES
Every element of FPS is embedded with the values that guide Wraparound services:
FAMILY-CENTERED
STRENGTHS-BASED
NEEDS-DRIVEN
INDIVIDUALIZED
COMMUNITY-HELD
CULTURALLY RELEVANT
TEAM-DEVELOPED & SUPPORTED
OUTCOMES-FOCUSED
FLEXIBLE
UNCONDITIONAL
REFRAMING
NON-JUDGMENTAL
WHY FPS IS DIFFERENT
NYAP ensures that our Family Preservation Services are rooted in evidence-based practices that are proven to produce the best outcomes for the families we serve. Depending on each family's needs, services may incorporate:
Wraparound-Focused Delivery
Advanced Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Credentialed Sexually Abusive Youth Clinician (CSAYC) Model
Parent Management Training (PMT)
Problem-Solving Skills Training (PSST)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Child-Centered Play Therapy-Informed Practice
