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protecting children. preserving families. since 1915.Abuse, neglect and family separation are significant problems in the communities we serve, and without help, the long-term impact on children can prevent them from living healthy, productive lives. Our programs are designed to prevent child abuse, neglect and family separation and help heal and treat children already affected by these tragedies. With nearly a century of experience working with children, we know that the best way to accomplish our mission is to work with families, whenever possible, to strengthen their ability to care for their children safely. Over 3,000 children, youth and families are served by our programs each year. An additional 14,000 youth receive critical safety information through our outreach and education services.
Find out more about our programs: download an overview of programs in pdf format (809 KB) assessment, intervention and referral services (AIRS).24-hour crisis call response, centralized assessment and intake department for ACH programs, and referrals to services in the community. 817.335.HOPE (4673)888.296.8099help@ACHservices.org
funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services adoption.ACH partners with Child Protective Services to find adoptive families for children. ACH provides services for families until adoption is finalized. ACH also provides post-adoption support, as needed. click here for more information... funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services behavioral care.Therapeutic residential services for children, ages 4-12, with moderate to severe behavior problems. Provides safe and structured residential care that teaches adaptive behaviors, supports successful child development, promotes family reunification where possible, and secures the optimal level of living for each child. funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
campus respite.Weekend residential care. Offers primary caregivers and foster parents a planned and therapeutic weekend break from care-giving for their children by providing a safe, structured environment, supervised by trained staff. funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
community resource coordination group (CRCG).Collaboration of local, public and private agencies, and parents to meet the needs of children and youth, through 21 years old, who have severe emotional disorders or other disabilities. CRCG members combine their agency resources and knowledge to suggest treatment alternatives for families whose needs can be met only through interagency coordination and cooperation. To contact the CRCG Coordinator and receive an application to have a child or youth staffed at a CRCG meeting, please email CRCG@achservices.org or call 817.886.7177 and leave your contact information for the CRCG Coordinator. funding partners: Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth ISD, Lena Pope Home, MHMR of Tarrant County, Millwood Hospital / Excel Center, Santa Fe Adolescent Services, Tarrant County Juvenile Services 2010 outcomes:
crisis intervention counseling.Provides crisis intervention and family preservation counseling services to children, ages 0 to 17, and their families. Services are provided in the home, at school, or at various office locations for up to 90 days. download brochure in pdf format (492 KB) funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
east arlington family support center.Neighborhood-driven, community-based collaboration of providers delivering prevention and intervention services to reduce child abuse and neglect, and support families. Services offered on-site and by case management referral will vary, depending upon current identified needs of families. click here for more information... funding partner: United Way of Tarrant County 2010 outcomes:
emergency youth shelter.Offers homeless and runaway youth, ages 10-17, emergency housing and care while ACH works to reunite them with their families, or find safe and meaningful alternative living arrangements. funding partners: MHMR of Tarrant County; Tarrant County Community Development; Texas Department of Family and Protective Services; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families; United Way of Tarrant County 2010 outcomes:
families together.Parent-child transitional housing. Offers homeless, single-parent families a transitional housing environment while they work to overcome the crisis that led to their homelessness and return to independent living. Short-term, basic and therapeutic services in safe residential care are provided to maintain the family unit, promote and encourage family independence within 9-12 months, and promote and encourage long-term self-sufficiency and family stability. funding partner: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2010 outcomes:
foster care.ACH is licensed by TDFPS to provide Foster Care services for children, ages 0-17, in the custody of the state of Texas. ACH trains and licenses families to provide both basic and therapeutic foster care. ACH provides excellent support to foster families. click here for more information... funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
human trafficking outreach.Identifies, protects and provides services to youth at risk for, or experiencing, human trafficking victimization. Delivers advocacy, awareness and education activities to the public and members of professional services to increase prevention and identification of victims. funding partner: Subgrant from Mosaic Family Services, Inc.'s prime award of funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement in-home respite.Services to support family's goals of community inclusion and remaining in the home. Provides temporary relief to parents/guardians of children, ages 0-17, with mental health, behavioral, intellectual and developmental disorders through professional supervision and training in skills related to activities of daily living in the family's home. funding partner: MHMR of Tarrant County 2010 outcomes:
LIFE project.Learning Independence from Experience (LIFE). Housing program for homeless young adults, ages 18-21. Provides participating young adults a safe, stable place to live. Program staff partner with the young adults in order to help them achieve permanent housing and develop long-term life skills and goals. ACH regrets we are unable to receive new referrals to the LIFE Project at this time. The major time-limited funding from the federal government that has supported the LIFE Project will stop in July. ACH is still committed to serving older adolescents and young adults. Because of that commitment we are pursuing new funding sources for the LIFE Project. We will announce to the community when that has been accomplished and any new requirements to admission based on that new funding. funding partner: Tarrant County Community Development 2010 outcomes:
little ones.After-school safety services for elementary school-aged students of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD). School principals and counselors or FWISD Police personnel transport children to ACH from their school campuses at the end of the school day, when no parent or guardian has picked up the child and the school has been unable to reach a family member. ACH staff search for family members and assess the child's safety prior to releasing the student into their custody. funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services multi-disciplinary approach to prevention services (MAPS).Assists families in navigating access to the public and private systems of providers of mental health, substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence and child abuse prevention services. Depending upon need, families participate in one or more of the following: referrals to community resources, staffing by the MAPS-CRCG team of experienced providers, and/or intensive case management. funding partner: Subcontractor under MHMR of Tarrant County's prime contract award from Texas Department of Family and Protective Services safe place.Locally administered national program designed to provide access to immediate help and safety to young people in trouble. Safe Place sites are developed in partnership with business and community locations that are easily accessible to youth. Locally, this critical community safety net makes it possible for youth to get help fast at locations displaying the distinctive yellow and black Safe Place sign. Provides response to youth at Safe Place location and transportation, if needed, to ACH's Emergency Youth Shelter. click here for more information... funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
skill builders.Services for at-risk youth and their parents. Offers First Offenders Program and Youth Social Leadership skills-based groups. Offers groups in the following Evidence Based or Promising Practice Program curriculums: WhyTry, Too Good for Drugs & Violence, Safe Dates, Life Skills Training, Raising Resilient Youth, and Parenting Wisely. click here for more information... funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
street outreach program.Outreach, education, support and referral services for homeless youth. Designed to improve safety and expand options available for homeless or runaway youth, ages 10-21. funding partner: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families 2010 outcomes:
wedgwood residential program.Offers safe, stable and nurturing homes for children and youth, ages 4-18, who are unable to live with their families. Provides basic and therapeutic services in safe residential care that assist children, youth and their families through crises, promote family reunification where possible, and secure and/or provide the optimal level of living for each child. funding partner: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2010 outcomes:
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