To educate and empower our consumers to improve their quality of life based upon their individual strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.

Academy for Family Empowerment, Inc. is committed to improving the quality of life for children and at risk families. Our mission is to build healthy, loving and functioning families through supportive services that empower families to become nurturing and self-sufficient.

In pursuit of our mission, we believe the following values are essential to our agency:

We uphold high professional standards We practice continuous quality improvement We advocate for access to care for all people and support public

efforts to fund services for vulnerable people who cannot pay We believe all people should have opportunities for development at

all stages of life, and support learning which promotes healthy growth and well being

We create a work place which supports and nurtures employees We help people in ways which uphold dignity and choice We believe the use of community-based family and family-like

supports is the best way of helping people with problems caused by mental illness, mental retardation, alcohol and other drug abuse.

We believe in the value of public service as a means of enhancing the quality of life for all citizens in our communities

The purpose of this report is to provide information to stakeholders, staff, and other interested parties regarding the quality and effectiveness of services provided to consumers and their families by our programs. The information included in this report will be used to facilitate quality and performance improvement activities, as well as to identify areas of strength and areas of growth.

Purpose

Academy for Family Empowerment, Inc. provides the following mental health services:• Individual Therapy• Family Therapy• Community Support Individual (CSI)• Intensive Family Intervention (IFI)• Physician Services• Psychological Services• Nursing Services• Group Services:

• Anger Management Group• Substance Abuse Group

• School Based Mental Health Services (Rockdale County Public School)

• DFCS Services (Parent Aide, Homestead, Early Intervention, Wrap Around Services)

This Annual Report covers the reporting period of January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012.

Referrals received in 2011: 460Referrals authorized in 2011: 224Referred out: 69 Pending:7Declined Services: 85 No Contact:75

From January-December 2011, Academy for Family Empowerment, Inc. received 460 referrals for our Community Mental Health Programs.

Of the referrals received, 224 children and families were authorized and received services with AFE.

2012 COREProgrammatic

Overview

In 2012, AFE received 428 referrals into ourCORE Mental Health Program.

Of the 428 referrals received: 217 were authorized and serviced 19 were pending as of 12/31/12 69 were Referred Out 39 Declined Services 84 No Contact

Of the referrals received, the following were received and authorized each quarter:

*** Not Authorized ***  Age Limit 3 1.42%

  Already Receiving Services 11 5.21%  Amerigroup 21 9.95%

  Guardian Declined 28 13.27%  Inactive 12 5.69%

  Incarcerated 0 0.00%

  Insurance Criteria 4 1.90%  No Contact 84 39.81%  Out of Area 2 0.95%  Pending 19 9.00%

  Private Insurance 7 3.32%

  Referral Retracted 20 9.48%  Totals 211 100.00%

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Of the 211 referrals not served by AFE, a breakdown detailing explanations is below:

Of the referrals received, the following referral sources were represented:

Of the referrals received, the following Insurance companies were represented:

CORE CONSUMER

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2012, we served:

In 2012, we served:

In 2012, we served:

Of the consumers served, the following Axis Idiagnosis were represented:

2012 DFCSProgrammatic

Overview

Academy for Family Empowerment’s Family Preservation program provides supportive and therapeutic services to families involved with the Department of Family and Children Services

(DFCS). We currently provide services in 5 counties-Gwinnett, Rockdale, Henry, Dekalb, and Fulton.

The overall goals of AFE’s Family Preservation Program are to: Ensure the protection and safety of a child at risk

or maltreatment; Reduce child abuse/neglect; Reunify children in foster care with their families.

Our Family Preservation Program provide the following service options based upon DFCSreferrals: Early Intervention Parent Aide Wrap Around Homestead PUP

Our Family Preservation Program provides the following service options: Individual/Family Counseling Parenting Aid & Education Comprehensive Child & Family Assessments Domestic Violence Counseling & Assessments Substance Abuse Counseling & Assessments Psychological Evaluations Home Evaluations Drug Screening Supervised Visits Transportation Services Family Team Meetings 

In 2012, AFE received 555referrals for ourDFCS Family Preservation Program.

Of the referrals received, we served the

following number of consumers: Overall Total Number of Referrals = 551 Overall Total Number of Referrals Declined = 4 Overall Total Number of Referrals Received = 555

In 2012, our DFCS Program served the following program areas:

In 2012, our DFCS program serviced the following counties:

In 2012, our DFCS program provided the following services:

2012 SBMHProgrammatic

Overview

Academy for Family Empowerment, Inc.’s school-based mental health program was created in collaboration with the Rockdale County Public Schools STARS project in 2010. The goal is to provide students with access to school-based mental health services (individual therapy, family therapy, and group therapy); as well as community resources. Our program utilizes six licensed school-based mental health therapists to provide therapeutic services within all Rockdale County Public Schools.

 

Program Goals: To offer quality therapeutic services in a safe,

familiar and accessibly environment; To contribute to improved academic performance; To enhance the academic, behavioral, emotional

and social wellbeing of all Rockdale County Public School students;

To provide guidance for appropriate behavior,social, and emotional well-being;

To expand access to health care; To expand referrals to community resources.

For 2012, we served 174 students withinRockdale Public School System. In 2012, we Received a total of 148 referrals for our school based mental health program.

Of the referrals received, we served the following

numbers of consumers: 87 Received SBMH services +87 carried over from 2011 56 No contact from parents/Declined Services 5 Referred to other community agencies

Of the referrals received, they were from the following Rockdale County Schools:

From January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012-99 students were discharged from our School Based Mental Health Program. Of these students 45 successfully completed the program.

 

From January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012-99 students were discharged from the school based mental health program. Of these students 54 students were discharged for other reasons: Voluntary Withdrawal from Program 5

Provider Change (referred to CORE or another provider or student was receiving duplicating services)

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Noncompliant 9Withdrawn from RCPS/Moved out of County 29

Miscellaneous (i.e. no evidence of MH needed) 1

2012 Outcome

Measurements

Academy for Family Empowerment, Inc. is committed to incorporating the principles of quality service and continuous quality improvement into the services that we provide.

The chart below, breaks down our discharges for 2012:

The chart below, breaks down our administrative

discharges for 2012:

The chart below, breaks down our unplanneddischarges for 2012:

Please contact our office for a copy of our fullreport. We welcome your comments and feedbackon this Annual Report. To contact us,please call our office at (770) 918-8003 orby email adenise@affeinc.org.