Centers for Family Development, Inc. | Doing Business As (DBA): Black Family Development, Inc.
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Mental Health
Mental Health Services offered through Centers for Family Development, Inc. (CFDI), are designed to address specific emotional, behavioral, academic and environmental needs of youth and families so they may function at their ideal level in all life domains. Participants are identified as youth ages 5-17 ½ and their families. In the case of documented medical necessity, youth can be served up to 21 years of age. Staff specialize in serving youth, and their families, who may have social challenges, educational challenges, disruptive behaviors, and/or a mental health disturbances. Services are aimed at enhancing the youth’s and family’s ability to succeed and are provided along the continuum of care from mild case management to home-based level of care to address the most intensive needs experienced by families.
The goal of the mental health program is to work with the consumer and family system to meet goals that improve the reported quality of life.
| Crisis Intervention | Diagnosis |
| Family Skills | Evaluation |
| Home-based | Crisis interventions |
| Mental Health Therapy and Counseling | Family stabilization |
| Parent Management Training – Oregon Model (PMTO) | Parenting education |
| School Based Mental Health | Life skill training |
| SED (Serious Emotional Disturbance) Waiver | Health referrals and linkages |
| Wraparound | Case management services |
| Target Case Management | Therapeutic group |
| Youth United | Therapeutic counseling |
| Referrals for psychiatric consultations and/or evaluations | |
| Classroom intervention |
Eligibility Criteria
Program participants are identified as youth ages 5-17 ½ and in the case of documented medical necessity youth can be served up to 21 years of age. For treatment services, the youth are residents of Wayne County who have active Medicaid, with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) diagnosis and in need of outpatient services. We also welcome youth with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse symptoms and may exhibit symptoms that may include truancy, disruptive behavior in school, violent behavior, substance use, and juvenile system involvement. For prevention services, the youth has to be students at one of Centers for Family Development Inc.’s partnering schools who present complex clinical, social, and/or educational challenges.
Project Aware
Project AWARE is a school-based mental health program in partnership with Detroit Public Schools, the MI Dept of Community Mental Health, and MI Dept of Education. This collaborative work provides direct mental prevention and treatments services for students, while developing sustainable, long-term care solutions within the state of Michigan. This partnership enables CFDI clinical staff to partner with students and their families, while strategizing with state partners to implement resilience activities to ensure that students are connected to effective behavioral health services, which ultimately prevents youth violence in school settings.
Youth Peer Support and System of Care
System of Care (Youth United): Youth United (YU) is a youth-led initiative that has been based in Wayne County for over 20 years. Centers for Family Development, Inc. has been involved in Youth United since its inception, employing Youth Advocates to ensure that youth voice has a place in the System of Care (SOC) work being done in Wayne County. CFDI leads the East Region of Youth United that focuses on training and educating youth and stakeholders on topics relevant to the needs of the youth in our community.
The East Region hosts events such as Courageous Conversations (community forums), Focus Groups at schools and local community centers, and the Transition Age Youth Forum to bring youth and the community together for information sharing and opportunities to collaborate. The East Region also maintains the Youth United-Youth Under Construction Training Manual which offers a variety of training for youth to increase youth activism through skill building that can lead to youth being certified Youth Advocates.
Youth United works diligently across Wayne County to:
- Promote positive values and philosophy
- Empower young people to make a difference
- Offer a safe environment to discuss critical issues
- Provide skill building opportunities and resources to help youth stay informed about issues that impact their communities.
- Provide opportunities for youth, parents, and stakeholder to participate in activities to get involved such as community projects and fun activities aimed at moving Wayne County toward a youth-driven System of Care.
Mental Health Matters