Integrated
Family Care

Simply put, Integrated Family Care (IFC) is whole family care. Apex Family Care created Integrated Family Care in 2015. This program was created because we do not believe that children and families should be separated due to poverty or homelessness.

Integrated Family Care is designed to provide holistic care to the family system by preventing the removal of youth from a family home or expediting reunification when a primary barrier is safe and adequate housing and/or acquisition of general parenting skills. IFC is intended to be goal-driven and outcome-based. Apex utilizes formal and informal assessments as well as family input to develop goals to assist the family in reaching identified outcomes.

Our goal is to have families moving in to independent housing three months after beginning the program in a mentor home. We provide aftercare services for three months to ensure stability and long term success for the family.

A key component of IFC is the family mentoring concept. The family receiving assistance is matched with a mentor family. The Mentor provides ongoing hands-on support and guidance to the family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Areas of Assistance

  • Employment & Finances

    We help parents find employment and learn to manage their income and expenses. Within a monthly budget, we create plans to pay outstanding debts and help families live within their means.

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  • Parenting Skills

    We provide the Nurturing Parenting Program, which addresses Developmental Expectations; Parental Level of Empathy; Age-Appropriate Consequences; Parent-Child Family Roles; and Children’s Power and Independence.

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    Independent Living Skills

    From working with their mentor and IFC Specialist, families are given tools to help them manage a household. This could include help with meal planning, grocery shopping, chore rotations, and time management skills.

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  • Advocacy

    We want families to be safe and stable when they complete this program. We advocate for them by attending court hearings, educational meetings, or other meetings with them, and we teach them how to advocate for their family.

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A mentor’s role is to be a trusted guide to independence. The mentor welcomes the identified family into their home while teaching and role modeling appropriate parenting and independent living skills. Mentors provide the following supportive services:

Parenting skill development and support

Assistance in the development of independent living skills

Building and maintaining a community support system

Building a supportive and ongoing relationship for the future

Admission Criteria:

●      All participants will be referred by Apex contracting partner.

●      Apex will accept referrals based on availability and appropriate matching.

●      Participants must be homeless or marginally housed.

●      Participants must be willing to voluntarily participate and adhere to the program guidelines and the rules and expectations of the Mentor.

●      Participants must have at least three months of sobriety.

●      Participants must not have any mental health diagnoses which are untreated or may prove to be a barrier to living independently.

●      Participant must be able to become employed or earn an income that allows them to live independently.