Intercept

Intercept is an integrated, intensive in-home parenting skills program used to safely prevent children from entering custody or to reunify them with family as quickly as possible if a period of out of home care is necessary. Intercept provides intensive in-home services to children and youth (ages 0-18) at risk of entry or re-entry into out-of-home placements or who are currently in out-of-home placements such as foster care, residential facilities, or group homes. The program is designed to reduce foster care utilization by providing prevention services to children and their families. Family Intervention Specialists use an integrated, trauma-informed approach to offer individualized services intended to meet the needs of children and their families. Specialists address needs identified in children’s schools, peer groups, neighborhoods, and communities, and they support the family in school or legal meetings and are on call to provide crisis support 24/7. Services generally last six to nine months if the child has not entered foster care.