Family Support Services (FSS) provides families with information, education, home-based intervention and early identification of children at risk for developmental delay. FSS offers a range of services for families with children 0 to 5 years through contracts with community-based providers. FSS utilizes a family-centered, relationship-based model based on FSS tenets.

FSS Tenets (best practices)

Every Child Counts provides a variety of different approaches for assisting programs in moving towards and integrating the best practice guidelines below. The following tenets were adopted as a set of guidelines to promote quality of early intervention services by programs and providers working with families and young children.

• family-centered
• child development focused
• appropriate caseload ratios
• reflective supervision
• multidisciplinary approach
• relationship-based