Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Services (CFCIP)

Family Facets provides services to ensure that every young adult that has transitioned from foster care has the opportunity to access education, housing, emergency services, employment, health care, community services and that these young adults have a connection with a caring adult and/or life long family member.  The CFCIP services are tailored to each transitioning young adult, based on the specific strengths and needs of each young adult.  CFCIP is designed to complement the youth’s own efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and to assure that program participants recognize and accept their personal responsibility in preparing for and making the transition from adolescence to adulthood.  Each young person will come to the Children's Division with unique strengths, different experiences and goals.  The CFCIP services are intended to help these youth, ages 14-21, choose the path they want to follow, and then help them achieve their goals.

Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Services (CFCIP)

Staff

Tricia Phillips, Chafee FCIP Program Director

Diana Malan, Supervisor

Wanda Simms, Specialist

Patricia O'Shea, Specialist

To Be Announced, Specialist

Counties Served in the St. Louis County Region CFCIP Site

The St. Louis County Region for CFCIP program serves the single county of St. Louis County.

Individualized Areas of CFCIP Services

Family Facets provides individualized CFCIP services in the general areas of Academic Achievement, Job Readiness, Community Services and Support, Youth Leadership, and Independent Living Skills, as well as services custom tailored to each youth's specific needs.

Referral Assessments

Each transitioning young adult comes to the Family Facets CFCIP program with an Adolescent Family Support Team (FST) Guide & Individualized Action Plan (IAP), and the most recent Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment (ACLSA) as provided by the Children's Division.

Referrals

Children's Division staff may make Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Services referrals of transitioning young adults by sending referral information to the Children's Division Regional Older Youth Transition Specialist.

Employment Opportunities

Persons interested in becoming a part of the Family Facets family will find information concerning employment openings with Family Facets by clicking on Employment Opportunities.

Children's Division St. Louis County Regional Older Youth Transition Specialist

Beverly Tate, Older Youth Transition Specialist

St. Louis County Children's Division Office

9900 Page Ave.

St. Louis, MO  63132

Phone:  314-426-8433,    Fax:  314-426-8393