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:

• The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• 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.

Who benefits from FFT?

Youth ages 10-18, and their families, whose problems range from acting out to conduct disorder to alcohol/substance abuse. Often these families tend to have limited resources, histories of failure, a range of diagnoses and exposure to multiple systems. 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.