Meredith McKeen MSW Director Multicultural Center and Youth Initiatives mmckeennvfsorg 5717482574 Kate Reen MSW Supervisor Youth Intervention amp Prevention Services kreennvfsorg ID: 718393
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Northern Virginia Family Services – Youth Initiatives Programs in Fairfax
Meredith McKeen, MSW
Director,
Multicultural Center and Youth Initiatives
mmckeen@nvfs.org
571-748-2574
Kate
Reen, MSW
Supervisor
, Youth Intervention & Prevention
Services
kreen@nvfs.org
571-748-2808Slide2
NVFS Programs in Fairfax
Youth Specific Programs:
The IPE Gang Prevention Program
VPIP – Violence Prevention and Intervention ProgramThe Family Reunification ProgramMulticultural Mental Health Services SHORT Program Other NVFS Programs serving families in Fairfax:Healthy Families Multi-cultural information, referral, and case managementImmigration Legal ServicesHousing AssistanceHealth AccessSee www.nvfs.org for more details
IPE Program of Northern Virginia Family Service www.nvfs.orgSlide3
Intervention, Prevention, and EducationThe IPE Program of NVFS is an asset development intervention designed to increase the protective factors that ensure that gang involved youth, and youth at risk for gang involvement, have increased abilities to resist the destructiveness of gang involvement.
NVFS is the direct service provider of intervention and prevention services for the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force.Slide4
Who does IPE help? IPE Services are geared toward helping specific types of youth and families affected by gang involvement:
Youth at risk but not yet involved – Prevention Cases
Gang Involved Youth - Intervention Cases
Youth and Families Victimized by GangsVictims of gang controlled traffickingVictims of gang violenceVictims of gang intimidation and threatsSlide5
IPE Service Components:
I.
Individual and Family Services
Effective prevention and intervention services include a combination of intensive case management and specific interventions designed to provide youth with the tools to resist gang involvement.II. Group Based Services Support and Education Groups for Parents of IPE youthSkills building groups and workshops for IPE youthPro social group activitiesIII. Community Outreach and Education ServicesEducational presentations to service providers, school staff, parent groups and other community members on effective prevention strategies and enhancing community response to gang prevention.
IPE Program of Northern Virginia Family Service www.nvfs.orgSlide6
IPE Eligibility and Referral ProcessIPE in Fairfax serves youth ages 10 - 21 who are at-risk for gang involvement, who are gang involved, or who have been victimized by gangs either in the US or in their Home Country.
Services are free of charge and offered in English and Spanish in clients homes, and other community sites
Send completed referral forms to Kate Reen:
kreen@nvfs.org or to Ed Ryan, Fairfax County Gang Prevention Coordinator: Edward.Ryan@fairfaxcounty.govSlide7
VPIP – Violence Prevention and Intervention Program
The overall goal of NVFS’ Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (VPIP) is to reduce family and community violence in specific high-need neighborhoods in Fairfax County by intervening with at-risk youth and families experiencing multiple, complex needs.
Utilizing
highly effective youth service delivery models, NVFS provides holistic “neighborhood based-school connected” services designed to ensure that at-risk immigrant youth and families are able to thrive in their chosen communities, succeed academically and socially, and that they are equipped to prevent future community and family violence. Each identified community is staffed by a culturally competent, clinician-case manager team with expertise in counseling, family engagement, trauma recovery, family reunification, and gang and community violence interventions.
IPE Program of Northern Virginia Family Service www.nvfs.orgSlide8
Who does VPIP help? Children and youth living
in the targeted areas (
Culmore/
Baileys, Herndon, and Annandale) who are demonstrating at-risk behaviors or poor decision-making and who are:Living in families with child / parent conflict exacerbated by immigration, acculturation, and / or reunification issuesRecently immigrated Recently reunified with parents after separation due to immigration or CPSAn immigrant or child of immigrant(s) living in povertyExposed to violence (as a victim or witness):In the CommunityIn the Family (Domestic, Dating, and / or Family Violence)In the Past (in country of origin / on journey to US)Through the presence of gangs in neighborhood / schoolSlide9
VPIP Service Components:
Individual and Family Services
–
Intensive Case ManagementIndividual and Family Trauma Recovery MH CounselingHome visiting and community basedII. Group Based Services Support and Education Groups for ParentsSupport and Psycho-educational Groups for YouthIII. Community Education Services Skills Building Workshops for YouthEducational Workshops for Parents
IPE Program of Northern Virginia Family Service www.nvfs.orgSlide10
VPIP Referral ProcessServices are free of charge and offered in English, Spanish and ArabicIntensive Services (Case Management and Mental Health, and Support Group services) are available only in the identified neighborhoods, but educational workshops for youth and / or parents are available in all parts of Fairfax County.
Send completed referral forms to Kate Reen:
kreen@nvfs.orgSlide11
Family Reunification ProgramNVFS’ FRP program is a highly specialized service delivery model that includes a holistic array of trauma-informed services to address the complex needs of children, youth and families affected by immigration-related separation and reunification including:
Acculturation and adjustment needs
Attachment and re-bonding challenges
Parenting Role shiftUnaddressed TraumaSlide12
Why Focus on Reunification?Prevention of:Out of home placements
Gang Involvement
Human Trafficking and other Victimizations
Juvenile Justice InvolvementSchool DisruptionsFamily ViolenceChild Abuse and Neglect Slide13
“Final” Stage - Reunification Youth Experience
Parent Experience
Attachment – Strangers as parents
Vocabulary – when saying “mom” feels wrongFamily Composition Cultural adjustments - “Loss of Competence”Context of typical adolescent developmentParenting Role Shift Navigating the school systemLearning to communicate with an adolescentCompeting needs Awareness of time commitmentLoss of competence – being a “new” parent all over againSlide14
NVFS’ FRP Service Components:
I.
Individual and Family Services
Intensive Case Management Family Reunification InterventionsIndividual and Family Mental Health Counseling II. Group Based Services Support Groups for ParentsSupport Groups for Youth III. Community Outreach and Education ServicesEducational Workshops for Parents
Educational presentations to service providers, school staff, and other community members on effective
strategies
and on enhancing community response to reunifying families. Slide15
Current FRP Services in FairfaxNVFS Programs:
Groups and Workshops
Intensive Family Reunification Services
ORR post-release services Non ORR / not detained - limited availability but expanding soonIPE and VPIP youth also receive family reunification servicesContact: Kate Reen kreen@nvfs.org Slide16
ORR Hotline 1(800)203-7001Resources/SupportDetained at the border as an unaccompanied minor
Youth can call directly
Means to get documentation from shelter
Parents with a child in the shelter but unsure whereAdditional servicesReleased within the last six months