Home Remedies offers Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS) in Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, and Yancey counties. IFPS serves families with children at high risk of being removed from their homes and placed in foster care, juvenile facilities, psychiatric institutions, or residential treatment facilities. The goal is to remove the risk of harm to the child instead of removing the child from the home.

IFPS consists of four-to-six weeks of concentrated support in the family's home and community. A specially trained family preservation worker, who is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, provides a mix of counseling and skills teaching to help with practical problems that is tailored to each family's unique situation. The worker carries a caseload of only two families at a time and can thus spend up to 20 hours a week working directly with family members.

To Make a Referral to this Program: Due to strict eligibility criteria, referrals can only be accepted from Social Services, Juvenile Justice, and Mental Health professionals.