Coordinated Family Focused Care

Children’s Friend manages the Lawrence Coordinated Family Focused Care (CFFC) program under contract with the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership. The Lawrence CFFC site is one of five CFFC programs in the Commonwealth.

CFFC provides individualized, coordinated care to children and adolescents who have serious emotional disturbances and are at risk for out-of-home placements. CFFC builds on family strengths and available support systems to help children remain and function in the community.

CFFC Program Goals include:

• Increasing the time spent in the home or community setting;
• Reducing the use of inpatient services and/or long-term residential services;
• Increasing school attendance and performance;
• Increasing social supports and socialization;
• Reducing involvement with the juvenile justice system;
• Fostering a family’s sense of competency in parenting a child with serious emotional disturbance.