Current Projects

Utah Frontiers Project: Funded in 1998, this grant continues in this 7^th year and final year. The purpose of this grant is development of services for children in rural and frontier Utah who suffer from severe emotional disturbance. Services are developed utilizing System of Care Philosophy and Principles.

    "The House Just Off Bluff"

The “Lost Boys” and girls of the twin cities of Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah comprise over 2,000 boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 23. These youth are ostracized from their community of origin by the current Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' (“FLDS”) President, Warren Jeffs.

    Daniels Fund Projects

Pee’soats eng: Partnership with the Cedar City Band of the Paiute Tribe, this project funds a program to support children in their community with and after school program and activities to increase educational support and success. The partnership includes: The Cedar City Band of the Paiutes, New Frontiers for Families, The Drug Elimination Program, Iron County School District, Title VII, SUU, 4-H, Paiute Education Dept., Paiute Social Services, Paiute Housing Authority.

Ah chini ba hozho ni- Patterned after the Pee’soats eng Project, this program has been developed in Garfield County to assist with education success for Native American Children.

     DCFS Pilot Project

To facilitate a cooperative relationship between families of children who have been or are at risk of out of home placement, and the divisions within the Department of Human Services, Juvenile Court and Mental Health in order to maintain their children in their home community, with a reduction in behavior that is detrimental to functioning. The overall goal being to develop a child and family team using wraparound technology and system of care values, to keep the children in a safe and stable family setting.

Family Academy:
Is an on going training provided for parents, it is designed to give parents the skills they need to be their child’s own case manager and navigate the complex world of agency partners. The topic include: Communication and mediation skills, participating in family teams, family culture, advocating for your child and family, agency supports and mandates, training on school issues ie; IEP’s, 504’s, record keeping and computer skills.

Common Sense Parenting:
Offered by New Frontiers staff. This parenting class is an evidence based research model that comes from Boy’s Town. The classes are offered in on going groups throughout the five county are or individually (in home) upon request.

Family Support Councils and Support Groups:
Support groups and educational classes are available in the five county area, see calendar for time, topic and location.

Building Communities:
Through outreach and education into the local communities we want to build communities that support children with challenges.

Wraparound:
Our staff can provide wraparound facilitation or participate as a member of a wraparound team. The wraparound process is a way to improve the lives of children and youth with complex needs and their families by developing individualized plans of care. The key characteristics of the process are that the plan is developed by a family centered team, it is individualized and based on the strengths and culture of the youth and their family, and is needs rather than services driven.

Using best practice to improve clinical service for Children and Families:
Hoagwood, Burns and Weisz write in their seminal work, “Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, “The current availability of evidence for effective home and community-based interventions makes it possible for communities to redirect their approach to care – and many are beginning to do so.”