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FAMILY AND SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS (FASST) PROGRAM

The Family and School Support Team is a multi-disciplinary intervention team composed of schools, community and family representatives. The primary goal of FASST is to provide support for children ages 0-8 and families so that they function more successfully and independently at home, school, and in the community. The FASST team utilizes strength-based planning to support the child and the family. The process recognizes, combines, and uses the strengths of the family, school system, community services, and existing family supports to achieve goals established by the family. In strength-based planning, the family, school system, and community service providers link strengths across systems to establish a collective force to reduce or eliminate barriers faced by the child and family. The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County helps to fund this project in partnership with the School District of Hillsborough County, and we collaborate with 13 Hillsborough County elementary schools in the Town and Country area to provide children and families with the help they need to overcome some of life’s obstacles.

For more information, view our FASST FACT SHEET.

If you are interested in receiving services from CFH-FASST, please click here to complete an online application. (Please be sure to turn off any pop-up blockers when accessing the link.) The site is secure in order to protect your privacy. If you are with one of our schools, please forward the School District of Hillsborough County release of information, the FASST consent to contact (included in the application), most recent report card, and any other relevant information which would be helpful in supporting the child to your assigned Family Support Coordinator, or mail to:

FASST Program
5520 W. Idlewild Avenue
Tampa, FL 33634-8015

You may also fill out a Community Application to submit to any FASST Agency. For a Community Application in Spanish, click here.

Locate the FASST Agency that is serving your area by Zip Code. Areas served by The Children's Home are noted in Yellow. Partnering Agencies also offering FASST Services include: Mental Health Care, Inc., Hispanic Services Council, and Northside Mental Health.

If you are a family member, please contact the program directly by calling (813) 901-3401 after completing the application.

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