Program Services
It is pronounced [IF - ee] and is written using the acronym 'IFI'
What is Intensive Family Intervention?
678-813-3248
What is the office number to New Pathways Youth Services?
The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms
What is a Diagnosis?
Maximum age that a youth may be to participant in IFI services.
What is age 18?
6 - 24 weeks
What is the length of time that New Pathways is (typically) in the home?
A child who is less likely to transition successfully into adulthood
Who is an at-risk youth?
Is a joint federal and state program that, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), provides health coverage to over 72.5 million Americans
What is Medicaid?
Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Banks, Cherokee, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and Gwinnett
What are the Counties that New Pathways currently serve?
The belief that the most effective way to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being is to provide services that engage, involve, strengthen, and support families
The governing division for IFI services.
Who is the Ga Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
A Therapist and 3-4 Paraprofessionals
Who are the members of the IFI team?
A document that is used in medical and mental health care and is intended to help guide the direction of treatment.
What is a treatment plan?
A Treatment approach that addresses all environments that impact high risk youth, such as home, school and neighborhood.
What is Multisystemic (MST)?
A state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.
What is Mental Health?