

Healthy Families America provides in-home, family-focused support to single mothers age 25 and younger who are either uninsured or receiving Medicaid, while Functional Family Therapy focuses on short-term, family-based therapeutic interventions for youth and their families.

To make this possibility more attainable for at-risk families, the organization has implemented a series of new programs, two of which launched in Gainesville this fall. “We know from research and anecdotally that kids thrive better at home, whenever possible,” Ashe said.

As federal agencies have steered away from group homes and toward foster and in-home care, Ashe said Wellroot has also worked to ensure children are “well rooted and grounded” in loving families.
