Crisis intervention services, provided by our three Advocacy staff members in response to individual family requests for assistance, allow adoptive families to receive the one-on-one advocacy assistance and support needed to maintain placement of extremely needy children in their homes and to access much needed counseling and emergency services. This service is provided in response to a phone call or email from an adoptive family or potential adoptive family, indicating that some circumstance involving their family or the children in their home has become unmanageable without outside assistance.  That assistance can be consulting via the phone or internet, in home support, attendance at meetings, and more.   The demand for these services is quite high, and many more requests for assistance come in that need attention.  MFCAA’s goal in relation to crisis responsiveness is to expand staff and services to reach out to rural populations on the Western side of the state. 

Tammy, Mary and Lori are here to help. Feel free to email them, or call them at 816-350-0215.