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Family Assistance Center

A FAC facilitates the exchange of timely and accurate information with family and friends of injured, missing, or deceased disaster victims, the investigative authorities, and the medical examiner... Read More

family court

A court, usually with a limited jurisdiction, that handles legal cases involving a family, particularly controversies between parent and child or husband and wife... Read More

family engagement

A family-centered and strengths-based approach to partnering with families in making decisions, setting goals, and achieving desired outcomes... Read More

family group decision-making

A generic term that includes a number of approaches in which family members are brought together to make decisions about how to care for their children and develop a plan for services... Read More

family nurse practitioner (FNP)

Family nurse practitioners are ... Read More

family preservation services

Short-term, family-focused, and community-based services designed to help families cope with significant stresses or problems that interfere with their ability to nurture their children... Read More

family reunification

Refers to the process of returning children in temporary out-of-home care to their families of origin... Read More

family support services

Community-based services that assist and support parents in their role as caregivers with the goal of promoting parental competencies and strengthening family life, leading to healthy child and family development... Read More

family violence

A pattern of abusive behavior in any family relationship that is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another person including physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person... Read More

famous dimes

Street name, slang, or code word for crack cocaine... Read More

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