Conexiones

Connecting Immigrant Youth and Families to behavioral Health Support

Finding support for behavioral health challenges can be hard. Often families don’t know where to start, what their child needs, or how to access it. For some immigrant families, work schedules, language, cost, and unfamiliarity with services present additional barriers to connecting their child with the help they need.

The NVFS Conexiones Program provides brief case management for Spanish speaking, immigrant youth and their families who are seeking support to connect to behavioral health care and would benefit from personalized assistance in accessing resources.

What does Conexiones offer?▼

Conexiones provides immediate, short-term assistance focused on helping youth and their families connect to the appropriate resources in Fairfax County through support enrolling and engaging in services, as well as addressing barriers to accessing services including through referrals and psychoeducation. Conexiones staff are bilingual to provide services in Spanish and English as well as utilizing interpretation for Mayan languages.

Where and when are services provided? ▼
    Services are provided in the community, which can include the home, school, other community locations, NVFS offices, or virtually with flexibility for early evening hours.
What’s the cost and how do I refer someone?▼
    The program is free to eligible clients. Service providers can submit the referral form available on this website or call to provide referral information over the phone. Families can request services directly as well as youth over the age of 14.
Who is eligible?▼
    • Children, teens and young adults up to age 25
    • Resident of Fairfax County
    • Uninsured or Medicaid
    • Spanish speaking families who would benefit from additional support accessing resources, typically uninsured or with Medicaid *

*Conexiones is funded by Healthy Minds Fairfax and works in partnership with HopeLink who provides Care Navigation services to all other youth in Fairfax seeking support to connect to behavioral health resources.

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Contact

Meg King
Program Supervisor
mking@nvfs.org/ 571.748.2909

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