• Extended Child Care
• Community Based Preschools
• Family Support Centers/Outreach
• Case/Care Management
• Parent Counseling
• Prenatal Care
• Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
• Summer Camps
• Crime Victim Support
• General Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Open to all, anyone can refer.

System of Care is a customized mental health service approach to keep families safely together while effectively helping children with emotional and/or behavioral health needs thrive in their homes, schools and communities, a wraparound approach.
Mobilization and Stabilization services available, provides services in your home to minimize the impact of a crisis.

• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Children's In Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Child Abuse Counseling
• General Counseling Services
• Anger Management
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Child Care Volunteer Opportunities

M-Sat 9-5, West Valley 24/7.
50% State funding

Family Support Centers located throughout Utah

Susan M. Dezell, LCSW
Insight-oriented, Supportive, Psyc Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-focused, Dialectical Behaviorial Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Training, Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Psycho-education and Parent Management training. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Family and Couples, Step-family and Adoption Issues.

Bonnie Peters, MSW, LCSW
Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-focused. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder, Abuse/Neglect, Domestic Violence and Adoption.

• Parent Support Groups
• Special Education
• Specialized Information and Referral

Children 0-11 years old, will receive children if parents have an emergency, doctor appointment or counseling sessions. Otherwise persons 18+ years old. Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties.

• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Parent Support Groups
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Child Care Volunteer Opportunities

Many services free. Adoption respite for families who have adopted at least one child through DCFS or another state agency.

• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling

• Military Family Service/Support Centers
• Anger Management
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Crime Victim Support
• General Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Must live within the boundaries of Jordan School District.

Providing family support and advocacy to identified, high-risk, multi-need families in Jordan School District as they strive toward an improved quality of life. Specialized, intensive intervention is often required for families with significant health, learning, language, or emotional barriers, and families who live in poverty and instability. Jordan School District and Jordan Student Intervention Team are committed to serving these steadily increasing, multi-need, at risk children and families.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups

A parent or someone on behalf of a parent can safely and legally give the newborn child to hospital staff, as long as the newborn doesn’t show signs of abuse or neglect.

• Safe Havens for Abandoned Newborns

Provides support to patients and families during extended stays at Primary Children's Hospital.

Services Include:

• Child Life Specialists
• Expressive Therapies
• Family Advisory Council
• Family Mentor Program
• Kid's Clubhouse
• Language Services
• Pet Therapy Volunteers
• Rainbow Kids Palliative Care
• Ronald McDonald Family Room
• School Services
• Social Work
• Spiritual Care
• Bereavement Program

• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling

• Family Support Centers/Outreach
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Youth Violence Prevention
• Youth/Student Support Groups

Provides intensive in-home interventions designed to teach parents skills to change the unwanted behaviors of their children, and to improve family functioning. 

Utah Youth Village is Utah’s largest private provider of residential treatment for children who are wards of the state.

Accepts private pay, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Insurance information changes frequently, contact for current information.

Provides outpatient, in-home therapy services for families and individuals (children, adolescents, and adults).

Issues Treated Include:

• Depression
• Bipolar
• ADHD/ADD
• Oppositional Defiance
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Autism Spectrum
• Childhood Behavioral Issues
• Low self-esteem
• Lack of a supportive and positive peer group
• School failure
• Lack of motivation
• Poor problem solving skills
• Lack of effective communication
• Coping and self-management skills
• Parenting and marital issues

Children 0 - 18 who have a variety of behavioral and/or emotional problems. Most programs available statewide.

Provides support services to youth and families facing challenging life circumstances using evidence based solutions to positively influence healthy behaviors specialized family homes. Through therapeutic foster homes, in-home services, treatment facilities, homes for refugee children, mentoring program, online parenting education/ resources, and family preservation programs. COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC Guidelines.

Services Include:

• Families First: Therapeutic support and guidance to Utah youth and families facing challenging life circumstances
• Alpine Academy: Two therapeutic schools helping teens from around the United States thrive
• Treatment Foster Care: Providing safe family style environment to Utah’s foster children
• Smarter Parenting: Online resources and customized coaching to parents around the world
• Family Homes: Four Family Homes where youth are taught to live and thrive in a normal, healthy family environment
• Mentoring Program

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

Jeffrey Bright, LCSW

Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Family Therapy Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Biofeedback

Kim Mann, LCSW

Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Family Therapy
Biofeedback

Siope Kinikini,CMHC

Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Family Therapy Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Annette Curtis, LCSW

Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Family Therapy
Trauma Focused CBT

Free family resource services for families with behavioral or mental health issues.

Family Resource Facilitators (FRFs) are trained family members who develop working partnerships with the community mental health staff to represent the family voice at service delivery, administration and policy levels. FRFs provide referrals to local resources and programs; advocacy for culturally appropriate services; links to information and support groups; and family wraparound facilitation. They play a key role in developing a formalized, family-driven and child-centered public mental health system in Utah.

A partnership between Allies with Families, New Frontiers for Families and NAMI Utah, the Utah Family Coalition oversees and mentors services through local credentialed facilitators throughout Utah.
For within Salt Lake County contact Mary Gully 385 468-4548
Funded through grant monies for family advocacy which pass through the State.

Provides an website where parents can learn skills included in the Teaching Family Model. The Smarter Parenting website offers large amounts of parenting support resources, over 100 downloadable podcasts; a popular Youtube channel, customized online coaching sessions with trained clinicians and individualized behavioral plans.

Utah Youth Village is Utah’s largest private provider of residential treatment for children who are wards of the state.

Single parents, must have custody of their children and meet resident requirements prior to moving in.

The mission of the Family Support Center's LifeStart Village is to move single parents with children from dependency to self-sufficiency. A three year program, single parents and their children move from homelessness or near homelessness into safe, stable housing where they develop the necessary skills to create a stable, nurturing environment.

In the dorm-like Phase I and under the direction of a full time director, the parents learn to become self-sufficient. They receive Life Focus training, parent education, financial budgeting education, are assisted in completing their GED and acquiring and maintaining adequate employment.

Upon completion of Phase I, the parents graduate to a self-sufficient rental town home or cottage (Phase II) and may ultimately have the opportunity to become the owner of a CROWN (rent to own) twin home in Phase III.

Accepts private pay, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Insurance information changes frequently, contact for current information.

• Family Preservation Programs
• General Counseling Services

Families of children and youth with special needs on the Navajo Nation

Provides one-on-one help to families with children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities on the Navajo Nation. Builds partnerships among families, providers, schools, non-profits, and Diné extended families. ​​Provide direct services connecting families with resources and can help with legal information.

Staffed by family and traditional mentors, a Diné wellness coordinator, and a legal practitioner.

• Veteran/Military Health Insurance
• Community Clinics
• Military Family Service/Support Centers

Specializing in support for children ages 3-21.

Provides support navigating behavioral and mental health care needs. 

Services Include:

• Case Management
• School and Physician Liaison
• Resource Library
• Customized Coaching
• Medication Education and Monitoring

Angee Richins, RN

Provides emotional and informational support to families of children who have special needs. This site highlights state's organizations that have parent to parent support as a core program and are committed to implementing evidence-based practices.

Provided advocacy and expands opportunities and enhances the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families. PACER is staffed primarily by parents of children with disabilities and works in coalition with 18 disability organizations. A significant Learning Center, Resources, and specifically for Students and Young Adults.

A national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.

Services Include:

• Books and publications
• Online communities for teen and adult siblings
• Workshops and training
• Sibshops

Promotes quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs. Working with family leaders and professional partners at the local, state, regional, and national levels since 1992, Family Voices (a family-led organization) has brought a respected family perspective to improving health care programs and policies and ensuring that health care systems include, listen to, and honor the voices of families. See Family-Centered Care Self-Assessment Tool at http://familyvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fcca_FamilyTool.pdf.

Family Voices does not provide financial aid and is not a direct service provider. Contact Family Voices in your state.

Works to ensure that input is obtained from all relevant stakeholder groups including older adults, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), family members, advocates, professionals and providers.

Services Include:

• Locator map to identify Developmental Disabilities statutes
• Presentations
• Policy Discussions
• Resources library: Guardianship and Alternatives, Education and Transition Planning

• Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups

Provides services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that children with disabilities are given full access to quality education, support, and resources.

Services Include:

• Early Intervention
• Early Childhood Education
• Make the First Five Count Childhood Development Screening Tool
• Nationwide Directory for Inclusive Child Care Programs
• Camping and Recreation Programs
• Family Support and Resources
• Transportation Assistance and Support
• Employment and Training
• Financial Capability and Homebuying

Veterans, current military members, descendants of VFW eligible veterans and their families. Must have children under the age of 18 in their custody.

An on-campus center located in Michigan that provides a productivity-based program open to eligible families of current military personnel, veterans, and descendants of members of the VFW and its Auxiliary. Participating families can be one or both parents with children under age 18 in their custody. Services may include case management, housing, childcare and other support so they can productively work toward goals for a better future. Helpline staff will assist callers with eligibility questions and find additional resources if not eligible.COVID-19 Update: Following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Military Family Service/Support Centers

An online resource that supports families with seriously ill children through: Education, information, and tools, to address parent's psychological and emotional issues.
Provides community to connect families and minimize isolation and advocacy for pediatric palliative care.

Parents of children in the NICU, anticipating a difficult birth, or transitioning home

Supports, comforts, informs, and guides families who experience a premature birth.

Services Include:

• NICU, transition home, and remembrance care package programs
• Trained preemie parent mentors available 24/7 via email, phone, and text
• MyPreemie, the market-leading app for parents of premature babies
• Online communities with tens of thousands engaged parents making new connections

Helps families before, during, and after a NICU stay and infant loss by providing powerful resources for the whole family, and most importantly, one-on-one mentoring from someone who has been there.

Services Include:

• Peer Support
• Online Community
• Resources (hospital, online, podcast)

For military families with a special needs family member

Provides information for military families with special needs. Designed to share information with military families on Department of Defense efforts and civilian community programs to support families with special needs within the military community.

Serves western half of the United States.

Provides for the health care needs of the military and Veteran communities.

Services Include:

• Doctor locator
• Pharmacy locator
• TriCare service center locator for each state