TUMS FAMILY SERVICES
TUMS provides intensive in-home services to help improve home safety for families at risk of abuse or neglect and in need of out-of-home placement. The intensive in-home services program combines skill-based intervention, which is designed to support and empower as well as utilize the strengths of families.
Intensive In-Home Admission Criteria
■ Experiencing emotional and/or behavioral difficulties that cause distress in the home
■ Returning home from out-of-home placement such as residential, group home, correctional placement, foster care
■ Displays or engages in behavior that is dangerous, and do not understand that their behavior is dangerous (cutting themselves, inappropriate social behaviors, suicidal or homicidal intentions)
■ Returning home from out-of-home placement such as residential, group home, correctional placement, foster care
■ Displays or engages in behavior that is dangerous, and do not understand that their behavior is dangerous (cutting themselves, inappropriate social behaviors, suicidal or homicidal intentions)
Intensive In-Home Services
The program provides aid and assistance to the family in accessing needed services to prevent removal from the home. This can include linkage to educational services, psychiatric services, psychological services, medical services, social services and/or legal services.
Integrity of the family
To preserve the integrity of the family
out-of-home placements
To prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements
To link family
To link family with the appropriate community agencies and services
Community support system
To create an ongoing community support system
To strengthen family
To strengthen the family’s coping skills and capacity to function effectively in the home and in the community
Life Independent Living Skills
To provide training for Life Independent Living Skills
Our Approach
Offer Support
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Individual and family counseling
💠 24/7 crisis response
💠 Access to resources
💠 24/7 crisis response
💠 Access to resources
Increase Self Improvement
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Life-skills training
💠 Improving social skills
💠 Psycho-education
💠 Improving social skills
💠 Psycho-education
Create Consistency
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Practicing anger management skills
💠 Coping skills for mental illness diagnosis
💠 Developing problem-solving skills
💠 Coping skills for mental illness diagnosis
💠 Developing problem-solving skills
Maintain Accountability
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Develop time management skills
💠 Help coordinate with other services
💠 Assist with scheduling conflicts
💠 Help coordinate with other services
💠 Assist with scheduling conflicts