Family Integrity Program

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About the Family Integrity Program

The purpose of this site is to let you know about St. Johns County Community-Based Care Family Integrity Program (FIP); the child safety agency responsible for protective services and out of home placement for St. Johns County children.

The Family Integrity Program mission is to work in partnership with the State of Florida and the local community to develop, implement and manage a highly effective, strength-based community-based system of care for abused and neglected children and their families. All situations cannot be categorized with hard and fast guidelines. So the Family Integrity Program provides different types of intervention.

Understanding that not one child or family is the same, here are a few examples of the services you and your family may be involved with, as well an explanation of the Florida mandated case plan required for each child.

Our Services
  • Parenting Education  – The St. Johns County Health and Human Services Community Resource Center provides Parenting Education Groups, using the concepts put forth by the Nurturing Parenting Program, developed by Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. Groups are held at a variety of locations throughout St. Augustine. More information.
  • Behavior Analysis Services Program  – If you and your family are in need of urgent intervention to help your family understand and redirect your child’s problem behavior, your social work professional can refer you to a Florida Behavior Analyst. The Behavior Analysis Initiative at no charge provides behavior/environment assessments, designs interventions and teaches positive behavior change skills to caregivers. Classes are offered on a regular basis as well as in-home follow up training. More information.
  • Enhancement Services  – As part of your case plan you may also be ordered to complete classes in parenting, anger management and addiction prevention. They are offered throughout St. Johns County at various social service agencies. In addition, you may be ordered to complete a psychological evaluation. Names of reputable psychologists will be given to you upon your request. St. Johns Mental Health Center offers mental health services on a sliding scale fee as well as other agencies and private practitioners throughout St. Johns County. Sometimes caregivers are required to be drug tested on a random basis at a designated drug testing center.