CDAC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC

Women and Family Intervention Services Program (WFIS)

WFIS Case Management Services
The Women's Intervention Services and Education (WISE) program addresses the problems of substance abuse by pregnant women and women with children under the age of six who reside in Circuit One of Florida (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties). Pregnant and Post-partum women with children up to age 12 months are served with enhanced services Pregnant & Post-partum (P&P) funding.

The Family Intervention Specialist (FIS) component offers services to families involved with Circuit One Department of Children and Families Protective Investigations and LCI Family First Network's Protective Supervision programs.

WFIS Case management focuses on the whole individual and stresses comprehensive assessment, service planning, and service coordination to address multiple aspects of a client's life. Comprehensive substance abuse treatment often requires that clients move to different levels of care or systems; WFIS Case Management facilitates such movement.

Evidence-based practices.

The WFIS program is rooted and grounded in evidence-based practices to holistically assist families. Within a trauma-informed care and strength-based framework, WFIS addresses substance abuse issues as well as the environmental and social issues that affect a family.
Case management service using the Brief Strengths-Based Case Management Model is provided during the initial stage of engagement (first 3-5 encounters) to assist clients in accessing treatment services, assuring safe living conditions, establishing life management skills, advocacy with other community agencies, and support for continued recovery.
While recovery is a lifetime commitment, the WFIS services should result in the successful completion of the transitional phase of recovery and be time-limited. The determination of a successful completion by a recovering client means the individual has obtained certain prerequisites for a healthy life and has eliminated many factors that put their children at risk.