BCTT is committed to using evidence based practices for our work with youth and families. From June 2006 to December 2008 our Functional Family Therapy (FFT) team was launched to provide services for the Department of Juvenile Services for Baltimore City. FFT is an empirically grounded, well-documented and highly successful family intervention for at-risk and juvenile justice involved youth. Its high rates of effectiveness have been recognized by:
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Youth Violence.
FFT is one of the nationally recognized Blueprints programs. It is also one of the only interventions named by the US Surgeon General as a model program for seriously delinquent youths.
Our FFT team currently works with youth ages 10-18, and their families, whose problems range from acting out to conduct disorder to alcohol/substance abuse. While our current work is with the Department of Juvenile Justice referred youth, FFT can be provided in a variety of contexts, including schools, child welfare, probation, parole/aftercare, mental health, and as an alternative to incarceration or out-of-home placement. We are currently developing strategies to work with youth and families transitioning from our group home, One Love.