Family-Based Mental Health Services (FBMH) are comprehensive in nature.  They incorporate intensive team-delivered, in-home, family-oriented therapies, case management, emergency crisis intervention, 24-hour / 7-day availability, family support and respite services.  Services are non-traditional and emphasize the strengths and resources of the family while addressing the challenges of the entire family.

Service delivery is provided by a team comprised of a Master's level mental health professional and a Bachelor's level mental health worker under the supervision of the Program Director and the Assistant Director.  A variety of treatment modalities are utilized:
• Brief crisis stabilization
• Extensive treatment planning and delivery, education, and skill building for children and their families
• In-home therapy, creative interventions, support, advocacy, and community linkages with professional and community supports to meet the challengesof the entire family
• A rapid response to need -– services begin within 24 hours of enrollment in the program
• Time-limited, 32-week team-delivered treatment.

Eligibility Criteria
• under 21 yrs of age
• have a DSM IV Mental Health diagnosis
• services must be prescribed by a psychiatrist or psychologist
• one parent must commit to participate in the service
• authorization from the Allegheny County MH/MR office
• no financial restriction
• be at risk of needing treatment in a psychiatric hospital, a residential, treatment facility, or another type of out-of-home setting