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The Institute for Family Centered Services is the developer and flagship provider of Family Centered Treatment (FCT), an evidence-based model already in use in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Indiana. FCT is a practitioner-developed, family preservation model of home-based treatment owned by the nonprofit Family Centered Treatment Foundation. Its origins derive from “in the trenches” efforts to find simple, practical, and common sense solutions for families faced with disruption or dissolution of their family due to both external and internal stressors and circumstances or forced removal of their children from the home due to their delinquent behavior. This family system’s trauma treatment model works equally well with juvenile justice, mental, and behavioral health populations. FCT developer William Painter served as a presenter on CJJ's Family Centered Treatment webinar on December 2. The PowerPoint Presentation is available here and the recording is available here.