FCFC Service Coordination – a collaborative, coordinated, cross-system team planning process implemented to address the needs of families with multiple and complex problems. The process is family- focused and strengths-based and is responsive to the culture, race and ethnicity of the family. It results in a unique set of community services and natural supports individualized for the child and family and based on the child and family’s perceptions of their strengths and needs to achieve a positive set of outcomes. The purpose of service coordination is to provide a venue for families to meet the need for services and supports across multiple systems which may not have been adequately addressed within traditional agency systems. 

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Knox FCFC assists family teams with funding provided by Family Centered Services and Supports (FCSS) for allowable services.  Listed below are examples of allowable family support expenditures when identified on the Individual Family Service Coordination Plan (Plan of Care):

• Non-clinical in-home parent/child coaching;

• Non-clinical parent support groups;

• Parent education;

• Mentoring;

• Respite care (including summer camp for respite purposes);

• Transportation (e.g., cab/taxi fares, gas vouchers);

• Social/recreational activities (including summer camp for social/recreational purposes);

• Safety and adaptive equipment;

• Structured activities to improve family functioning;

• Parent advocacy;

• Youth/Young Adult Certified Peer Support; and,

• Service coordination (to utilize the FCSS funding for FCFC service coordination, a unit rate must be established).

Non-allowable expenditures include:

• Services/supports to children in out of home placements and their families;

• Court related expenses;

• Administrative or operating expenses;

• Federal match;

• Clinical interventions (i.e., services, assessments, and clinical case management);

• Medical services and equipment;

• General program costs (i.e., non-individualized services);

• Food, clothing, shelter utilities and/or household expenses;

• Classroom instruction or any required public or private education cost or responsibility (to include tutoring, school-based credit recovery, and/or summer programming); and,

• Family and work-related childcare.

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In addition to FCSS funding, FCFC can utilize Local Pooled Funding and Multisystem Youth Funding (MSY) when applicable based on the needs and circumstances of the family.  For more information on establishing a family team and the processes required to complete that process, or to make a referral, please refer to the How to Start a Family Team page.​​

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Want to make a referral to FCFC?  Access the referral form here.  Completed forms need to be emailed to the FCFC Email Box.

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