Home-Based Crisis
Intervention Program
Services:
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Crisis intervention
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24-hour on call coverage
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Family counseling
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Parenting skills
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Management of psychotropic medication
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Assertiveness and communication skills training
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Referrals to legal, medical, mental health and other social services
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School advocacy
Admission Process:
Children must be deemed “at risk of psychiatric hospitalization” by a psychiatrist to be admitted to the program.
Documentation of a psycho-social summary and a psychiatric evaluation are also required for admission into the program.
Staff:
All services are provided by bilingual workers who speak both English and Spanish.
Program Staff consists of a Program Coordinator, 5 Counselors and a Psychiatrist.
PRFI’s Home Based Crisis Intervention Program offers an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization and/or placements for at-risk children, ages 5 to 17. Intervention is conducted at the family’s home or other natural setting familiar to the child and their family (for example, a local park or the neighborhood library). This program is open to families residing in Brooklyn neighborhoods in New York City.
The program typically lasts 4 to 6 weeks.
PRFI team members will connect families to additional services at the end of the program, if they are required.
Barbara Bonhomme
Program Director
12 Park Street (lower level)
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: (718) 596 - 1320