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 Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver Program

The Child & Family team works with children and youth at risk of out-of-home placement, using a family-centered, wraparound approach to create a personalized treatment plan. We work with the family to convene a team, which meets monthly, and may consist of family, friends, neighbors, professionals, and others who are important to the youth and family. 

This service model allows Child & Family to maintain our program goals to: 
  • Reduce out-of-home placements and decrease inpatient hospitalizations
  • Provide a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports
  • Ensure families have access to parent partners & support services
  • Prevent entry into the foster care system or relinquishment of parental custody

YES services include:
  • Specialized Therapies
    Non-traditional services that provide alternative and creative forms of therapy to help improve the youth’s health, welfare, and functioning in their community, including:
    • Animal Assisted Therapy
    • Art Therapy
    • Music Therapy
    • Recreational Therapy
    • Nutritional Counseling
  • Community Living Supports - Help families adjust to special challenges related to the youth’s mental health needs by using proven practices and strategies.
  • Family Supports - Connect family members with others who can support them by sharing similar lived experienced.
  • Employee Assistance and Supported Employment - Help youth find a job and be successful in it.
  • Paraprofessional Services - Help with stressful situations through coaching and mentoring.
  • Respite Services - Allow families and caretakers to take a temporary break from caring for youth enrolled in YES.
  • Non-Medical Transportation - Take youth to YES Waiver services when no other transportation is available.
  • Supportive Family-Based Alternatives - Provide support and model healthy interactions for the whole family while the youth temporarily lives in a therapeutic home.
  • Adaptive Aids and Supports - Supplement YES services with medically necessary supports to prevent out-of-home placement.
  • Minor Home Modifications - Support the youth’s ability to function independently at home and in the community.
  • Transition Services - Help with the costs associated with a youth moving into their own home.
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​Services are provided in the following counties: Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall. For eligibility for services, a child or adolescent should meet the following criteria:
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Child or adolescent must also have serious functional impairments that include:
  • risk of harm to self or others
  • disruptive/ aggressive behavior
  • poor school behavior

Youth must be eligible for Medicaid (parent income does not apply)

Enrollment

For more information or to request an evaluation please contact Child & Family Guidance Center ​at the following number:
YES Inquiry Line
(866) 501-6535
CRISIS: FOR LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING THREAT OR INJURY TO SELF OR OTHERS, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.

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What our clients are saying ...

"Child & Family Guidance Center has given me life again.  After years of suffering from Major Depression and trying many different medications, Dr. Sodhi has become more than just a psychiatrist.  I feel at home here.  - Sandy

"My son was struggling with grades, attention, and getting along with others.  We didn't know where else to turn and without insurance our options seemed limited.  Dr. Griffin gave us the time and attention necessary to understand our situation and prescribe the appropriate medications.  I have my son back.  - April

​​Contact Us

214.351.3490 

NTBHA Crisis Hotline
1.866.260.8000

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