Mission
THE AGENCY'S OVERARCHING PHILOSOPHY IS BASED IN THE NEUROSEQUENTIAL MODEL OF THERAPEUTICS (NMT), DEVELOPED BY DR. BRUCE PERRY. NMT IS A TRAUMA-INFORMED, DEVELOPMENTALLY SENSITIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF A CHILD'S HISTORY ON CURRENT FUNCTIONING. GUIDED BY NMT, FAMILYFORWARD'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES SUPPORT THE CHILD, FAMILY, AND BROADER COMMUNITY. FAMILYFORWARD SERVED 5,478 CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN 2020. FAMILYFORWARD WAS THE FIRST AGENCY IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION TO BECOME SITE CERTIFIED IN NMT AND HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING PHASE TWO NMT TRAINED BY THE NEUROSEQUENTIAL NETWORK. FAMILYFORWARD IS ACCREDITED BY THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION, AND HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF DONOR TRANSPARENCY FROM GUIDESTAR, THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.