FACES is a dedicated group of Vermont parents and family members whose lives have been touched by their children’s substance use and/or mental health issues.

The FACES Project is designed to get parents and teens involved in helping shape teen substance use and mental health services across Vermont. The State of Vermont has received federal funding to redefine our adolescent treatment system and we need the family-voice in order to achieve this.

GOALS:

There needs to be an increase in adolescents' and families' ability to get quality substance use and mental health treatment in Vermont.

The treatment referral process should become more sensitive to adolescents' and families' needs and concerns.

The treatment providers' assessment process should give adolescents and families a clear picture of how to begin to address their needs and concerns.

We want treatments that are proven to work are brought to Vermont to give adolescents and families the best possible service without having to go somewhere else.

We need improved communication between adolescents, families, treatment providers, and other community resources to ensure complete therapeutic care.