Community-Based Programs

Wraparound Programs

Wraparound is an intensive, individualized care management process for youths with complex emotional, behavioral needs, and multiple agency involvement.  Clients/families benefit from a coordinated care planning process that produces a single plan of care that engages other agencies and providers. The wraparound process strives to ensure children and youth grow up in their homes and communities. In an effort to support the client/family goals, clinical case managers help to coordinate activities, formal interventions, community services and interpersonal support and assistance provided by friends, kin, and other people drawn from the family’s social networks.

The wraparound process is implemented in a 4-stage strength-based process:

  1. Engagement and team preparation
  2. Initial plan development
  3. Plan implementation
  4. Transition

The 10 Principles of the Wraparound Process:

  • Family voice and choice
  • Team based
  • Natural supports
  • Community based
  • Collaboration
  • Cultural competence
  • Individualized
  • Strength based
  • Persistence
  • Outcome based

Our wraparound programs are:

Children and Family Supports (CFS)

The Children and Family Supports Grant in Franklin & Grand Isle Counties is one of the largest in the state. CFS serves a wide variety of children and families (ages 0-18) who are involved with the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Dedicated NFI staff are fully integrated within DCF teams to provide a menu of family engagement services to support, educate and empower families in building safety within their families. We provide a variety of services to carry out this goal which includes: Baby Groups, After School Groups, Family Time Coaching, Family Safety Planning Meetings, Family Group Decision Making, Shared Parenting Meetings, Community Skills Work, Family Finding, Parent Education and Family Support.

Post Permanence Services Program

The Vermont adoption consortium is comprised of agencies and groups from around the state who have joined together for a common purpose: to support Vermont’s adoptive and guardianship families.

NFI’s Post Permanency program offers trauma informed support for families who have adopted children or who hold legal guardianship. With the goal of building healthy family relationships, services include consultation, guidance with birth parent relationships, in home parent education, support groups and referrals to community resources.

NFI Family Center: A multi-service outpatient mental health clinic

The NFI Family Center serves children, adolescents, families and adults. While the Family Center provides a wide spectrum of clinical services, the staff specializes in family therapy and the treatment of trauma, attachment disorders, adolescent issues and mood disorders. In addition to offering innovative therapeutic services, the staff provides clinical consultation, psycho-educational evaluations, and in-service trainings.  The clinical staff is trained in a variety of therapy models including Family Systems, EDMR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and Child Parent Psychotherapy.

Crossroads:

Intensive Outpatient Program

Crossroads Intensive Outpatient Program is an intensive outpatient program serving adults throughout Vermont. The intensive outpatient program (or IOP) is for individuals who may need a higher level of support to help address problems such as depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, or personality disorders. The staff is trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which focuses on helping individuals learn coping skills to deal with their emotions and stressors.

Adolescent DBT Intensive Outpatient Program

Crossroads Adolescent DBT Intensive Outpatient Program is an intensive outpatient program serving teens throughout Vermont. The intensive outpatient program (or IOP) is for individuals who may need a higher level of support to help address problems such as depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, or personality disorders. The staff is trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which focuses on helping individuals learn healthy ways to cope with their emotions and stressors.