ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the family-based services and intensive family-preservation crisis services. In virtually all family-based services the family is not seen as deficient but as having many strengths and resources. Although the programs may share core features, much diversity in treatment models exists among them; and a variety of program names have been used, which has added to confusion in the field: "family-based services," "home-based services," "services to children in their own homes," and "family preservation services." A general typology that has been found helpful classifies family-based programs into three types. The first is family support services, the broadest category. The second is family-based services, which encompasses a wide variety of family-based programs, some of which focus on placement prevention although others focus on family strengthening. The third type is Intensive Family Preservation Services, which is short term and intensive, delivering both clinical and concrete services in the home setting and providing a more intensive service than other programs.
