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One size doesn’t fit all. At Jefferson Center we know that each youth, each family faces unique challenges and has individual strengths and needs.When you call Jefferson Center’s Intensive Family Services team, we’ll connect you with the right services that best fit the needs of your family. Jefferson Center for Mental Health’s Intensive Family Services Program offers a variety of treatment options designed to foster empowerment and resiliency in families. Our programs are all evidence or practice based which means they have demonstrated effectiveness and positive outcomes.

Intensive Services include:

• Peer Specialists
• Case Management
• Hospital Alternative Programs
• Housing and Residential
• Community Bridges Volunteer Partnership

Families Together When there is a serious mental illness in the family this in-home treatment program offers the needed flexibility in terms of intensity, duration and age of children served. Families Together specialists provide intensive support to families in crisis and work to help parents throug

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) FFT, an evidencebased program, focuses on improving family relationships that can be the key to addressing behavioral problems in youth. This therapeutic model works with the entire family to create positive change and is provided in the office or in the home to fit the schedules and needs of all family members. FFT therapists help to identify and mobilize family strengths to turn around problems and improve communication and family relationships.

Multisystemic Thrapy (MST) This evidence-based program works primarily with highly delinquent youth to address serious behavioral issues. MST licensed clinicians work with parents to set consistent limits and involve community systems to impact youth’s behavior. Focus is on helping caregivers address behavioral problems, thereby improving family relationships, school performance, and peer/neighborhood/ community interactions.

For therapists (to make a referral): Complete the Family Services Intensive Treatment Teams Referral Form with as much information as possible, especially addresses and telephone numbers, so that the therapists will be able to make contact with the family and fax to (303) 432-5262 or mail it to: Family Services Intensive Treatment Teams Therapy, 9485 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80215. If you need further information, please feel free to contact (303) 432-5238.