Lena Pope Home, Inc.
3131 Sanguinet Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Phone: (817) 255-2500
Fax: (817) 731-9858

Executive Director:
Ted Blevins





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 Program Description

Family Matters provides counseling, home-based crisis intervention and stabilization services to adults, children and families, twenty-four hours per day. In addition, short-term, family focused intensive services are provided to families with youth that are at risk of abuse, neglect, truancy, running away or involuntary removal from their home and community.

 Philosophical Principles

• Families function to the best of their ability given their experience in life and current set of circumstances
• Family members are willing to reveal their problems and accept outside intervention during and after crisis
• Each family member has certain strengths which can be built upon to improve functioning
• In the final analysis, family members must identify their needs and implement their own solutions

 Referral Criteria

Family Matters serves individuals of all ages. Family Matters counseling provides outpatient diagnosis, treatment and counseling services to adults, children/adolescents and their extended families. Treatment is delivered at family centers in Arlington, Fort Worth, and HEB. Services include assessment, individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, mental health education, and specialized/addiction services.

In-home family preservation serves youth 10-17 years of age residing in Tarrant County who are referred by the Juvenile Probation Department, Fort Worth ISD, municipal police departments, John Peter Smith Hospital or other Lena Pope Home programs. Referred youth have been identified as high risk for further delinquency or at risk of removal from home.

 Our services include

• Crisis intervention and stabilization
• Individual, group and family counseling
• Applied behavior management skills
• Substance abuse counseling
• Skills based treatment
• Outreach and parent training
• Brokering and coordinating of resources
• 24 hour crisis hotline; call (817) 731-8839

 Family Matters Programs

• Community Corrections
• Community Solutions
• Comprehensive Truancy Intervention
• Drug Court
• Family Matters Counseling
• First Offenders Program
• Family Partnerships
• Family Support Program
• Texas Integrated Funding Initiative

 Discharge Criteria

Families are considered to have effectively completed the program when the family:

• Is no longer experiencing acute crisis
• Can effectively identify their most urgent needs
• Can implement new skills in real-life situations
• Can access resources and services in the community