Intensive Family Preservation (IFP)

Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) is a short-term, intensive, in-home service designed to intervene quickly to:

• Reduce immediate safety risks
• Curb the risk of future abuse and/or neglect
• Prevent the need for out-of-home placement

IFP is designed to empower and strengthen the family, so it can be preserved as a unit. To achieve this, IFP staff visit the home a minimum of two times (five hours) per week for 12 weeks, offering therapy and interventions designed to:

• Increase self-sufficiency
• Develop effective parenting skills
• Improve coping abilities 
• Connect the family with needed community resources
• Provide support and guidance to ensure safety in the home

The program serves biological families, relative (kinship) foster families and pre-/post- adoptive families with at least one child from birth to 17 at high risk of removal and/or placement disruption, and  who are currently involved with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

For more information, contact Boys & Girls Village’s Bridgeport office at  (203) 330-6790 or the Waterbury office at (203) 759-1811.