For more information about the program call:
(516)-741-0604 
Call the Nassau County Department of Social Services for a referral at:
(516)-227-8404

What is the Family Solutions Program?

Family Solutions is a new PINS Diversion program now being offered by a partnership of Family and Children’s Association, Long Beach Reach and Hofstra University’s School of Law.  

Its purpose is to offer an immediate response when a conflict between parents and children is leading them to consider a PINS (Person In Need of Supervision) petition to the Family Court.  Family Solutions is designed to help families work with professionals to develop a plan that will improve their relationships, reduce conflicts and divert young people from the family court system. 
 
The program helps youth and families struggling with problems such as;

• Drug and / or alcohol use
• Chronic truancy
• Violence towards self or others
• Gang involvement / affiliation
• Violating curfew
• Disruptive behaviors in the home or school

To do so, Family Solutions staff are available to respond within 24-hours to offer crisis counseling, stabilization and assessment.  A family conference helps to develop an individualized plan of action that includes; 

• A Family Solution Plan
• Counseling and Mediation
• Case management
• Referrals to needed services and Respite Services.

Family and Children’s Association, in partnership with Long Beach Reach and Hofstra University’s School of Law have been funded by the Nassau County Department of Social Services to implement a PINS diversion project for county residents.

Intensive, short-term, strength-based counseling and support will be provided to those families who agree to engage in this process instead of filing a complaint in Family Court.

Recognizing the sense of urgency surrounding such family crises, the program will assign a Family Solution specialist within 24-hours.

A unique feature of this program is the use of the Family Solutions Conference to promote family decision-making as well as facilitated access to a coordinated array of human services that may be required—similar to the County’s “No Wrong Door” approach to service delivery.

Family Solutions will provide the least restrictive intervention needed to prevent a PINS petition and reduce out-of-home placements.

To use the Family Solutions Programs:
√ You must reside in Nassau County .
√ You must want to resolve the conflict within your family and be willing to use the assistance offered.
√ You must be referred by Nassau County Department of Social Service’s
√ You may be asked  to participate in a Family Solutions Conference with your family where, together, you will work to develop a solution plan.
√ You must agree to follow-up with services that will be used to help make sure the Family Solutions  Plan is successful.

Family Solutions is made possible through funding support from the Nassau County Department of Social Services and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

 
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