THE FAMILY INITIATIVE INC

Programs

1. Texas single source continuum contractor: texas family initiative is a single source continuum contractor (sscc) in region 2 and region 3e of texas. As a sscc provider we are responsible for finding and managing foster homes, kinship placements, and other residential care options for the youth in these regions. We are responsible for case management services where we provide ongoing support and oversight to each case from initial placement to family reunification or other permanency goals. Support services including therapeutic, educational, and other services are offered to the children and families. During this period there was a daily average of 4,917 children served by the family initiative, inc.

   $182,505,091 spent
   94% of program spending

2. Residential and independent living service: the psychiatric residential treatment facility (prtf), qualified residential treatment facility (qrtp), and blue skies residential facilities work actively with families, child welfare agencies, hospitals, and community mental health centers, in collaborative partnership, to offer strengths based, culturally competent, and medically appropriate treatment designed to mee the individual needs of the resident, including those residents with severe emotional behavior issues. During this period and average of 22 youth were served each month at the prtf, qrtp, and blue skies facilities.the teens reaching adult independent living (trail) program assists young people navigate what would otherwise be very complicated path from adolescence to adulthood for children preparing to age out of the foster care system during this period on average of 9 youth were served each month by trail.

   $6,420,709 spent$4,120,167 earned by the program
   3% of program spending

3. Resource foster care: while there are many different levels and types of resource care within the program, the primary focus is to work closely with each and every resource care family. Some of the services include: 24 hour on-call social worker, support meetings, free ongoing training, respite care.resource families provide an alternative home like setting for children who are not able to safely live with their parents. Resource parents undergo training and state licensure to ensure that they are knowledgble about the special challenges children who are placed with them might face, and to provide them with skills to work with the child. The child's family, the social worker or case manager, and the legal system. The family initiative, inc provides sponsorship for state licensed resource families and provides supportive services to assist them with any problems or challenges that might occur during the placement fo a child in a home. During this period there were 149 resource homes with 511 children placed in the homes that were sponsored by the family initiative, inc.

   $4,658,019 spent$3,994,719 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $193,583,819.