Multi-state non-profit providing trauma-informed clinical and educational services to youth, families and adults, with Florida programmes in Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties.
The North American Family Institute is a multi-state non-profit human services agency that provides clinical and educational services to youth, families and adults. Its work is organised around a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach. In Florida, the agency operates in Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties, part of a wider footprint across the United States.
Its programme portfolio includes Functional Family Therapy (FFT) and Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL), both evidence-based models serving youth and families involved with, or at risk of involvement with, the Child Welfare system and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. A third offering, Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), is an evidence-based clinical programme supporting child-parent relationships for families within the Child Welfare system.
The agency operates across several fields: human services, child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioural health and education. It describes itself as committed to empowering individuals, and states that it supports diversity and inclusivity within its workforce. The North American Family Institute is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, with a mission-driven non-profit culture focused on community living.
