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Sponsored by the Department of Children and Families and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
-Reduce alcohol and drug use
-Improve quality of life for adolescents
-Enhance family and parent functioning
-Improve access to and coordination of community resources
Male and female youth, ages 13 to 17, who are abusing or dependent on alcohol or other drugs, and their parents who reside in Miami-Dade County.
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Program Details 
The Village LIFE Project provides in-home/on-site family therapy to adolescents who exhibit moderate or severe substance abuse problems. Family Therapists provide individual and family therapy twice per week. Therapy is a family focused intervention involving a structured process of continuous engagement with the adolescent, siblings, their parents and other family members. Therapy emphasizes youth and parent skill building, parent and adolescent relationship building, therapeutic interaction, and crisis intervention, as needed. The program builds on family assets, working from points of strength rather than weaknesses. Services provided through LIFE include, comprehensive assessment, service and treatment planning, case management, individual and family therapy, and urinalysis monitoring.
The average length of participation is 3-4 months. Participation in LIFE assists adolescents in stopping or reducing their alcohol and drug use and improving their overall quality of life. Families benefit from enhanced functioning and cohesiveness and reduction in conflict and disorganization. Participants in LIFE may be eligible to participate in a NIDA sponsored research study of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) in collaboration with The University of Miami.
Program referrals are accepted by the LIFE staff at 305-573-3784. |
