Family Intervention Team (FIT)
Family Intervention Team (FIT) provides services to adoptive families in need of professional help to improve overall family functioning, preserve the family unit, and provide links to community resources. FIT assists adoptive families of special needs children who receive Adoption Assistance benefits.
When a parenting challenge becomes a serious problem, FIT can provide early intervention services designed to prevent disruptions and dissolutions and preserve the family unit. The program consists of Mobile Intervention Teams, including a Team Leader and an Intervention Specialist, who provide in-home family assessments and counseling to families on a statewide basis. All Team members understand the dynamics of the adoption process as well as the unique problems of attachment, trauma and loss which are common in children with multiple placements. They are trained in the prevention of aggressive behaviors, the de-escalation of crisis situations and the development of therapeutic intervention plans to address interpersonal relationships, school performance and physical/emotional health issues.
While FIT is not designed to replace medical or therapeutic care, it helps the child and family identify and resolve problematic issues. Services provided by FIT are for a limited time only. When intervention services are discontinued, families are referred to community resources coordinated by the FIT.
Family Intervention Team (FIT) services are provided by two agencies:
- Care4All for North Georgia and Region 13
- Chris 180 for South Georgia and Region 14
Request for a referral form should be emailed to [email protected].