Families Free works to build strength and resiliency for families whose parents were victims of Adverse Childhood Experiences and desire a more loving, nurturing, and stable environment for their children.
Our team advocates for our families to be recipients of community-based resources that can assist them in meeting their basic needs, as well as, their mental health, social and physical needs.
We also attend Child and Family Team Meetings and court hearings to offer our support and testimony in regard to their successes and engagement in services.
Basic Needs
Connect Food Banks, Transportation, Education, Medical/Dental, Housing, Legal Aid, Family Justice Center, Employment
Family Reunification
New Family Patterns of Communication, Moving from Maladaptive to Adaptive Family Patterns of Homeostasis
Family Therapy Sessions
Family/Couples Sessions, Therapeutic Visitation, In-home Services - Homemaker, Parenting, SA Tx for Family Members, Connect to Other Providers in Community
Family Education Services
Connect to Community Support, Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, Faith-Based Community Support Communication Skills
Family Centered Services
The wellbeing and healthy development of the families we serve are important to us, and that is why we offer supportive programs and referrals to various community-based partners that can assist in their success.
Family Centered Grant
Evidence-based family assessments including FAST, ACE, and other assessment tools; such as ecomaps and genograms are utilized to identify family strengths and barriers in relationship to providing healthy, effective family support in efforts of reducing recidivism.
Services include Intake/Assessment/FAST, Family Education Sessions, Community linkage to Support 12 step/Faith-Based, Office/Community-based Case management, Family therapy sessions, Couples Sessions, assistance in reunification efforts of parents/children separated by substance use/incarceration, Therapeutic/Supervised Visitation, Parenting Group, Parenting Individual In-home, Employment Skills, Life Skills, Recovery-Oriented Family Activities, and Referral Services for adults/children.
Nurturing Families of Tennessee is funded by the Department of Children’s Services, which serves families for 16 weeks through in-home parenting and education. Families Free provides this program to families with children at risk for going into foster care through a contract with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.
