What are Multisystemic Therapy Services (MST)?

MST is an evidence-based model that treats children ages 12-17 who exhibit chronic or serious anti-social behavior and are at high risk of out-of-home placement. MST utilizes a home-based model of service delivery, including therapy that educates families on the effects of trauma and helps them heal from past trauma, preventing trauma from manifesting into one or more psychiatric disorders, a child’s removal from the home, or detainment in a juvenile justice facility.

The multisystemic approach focuses on the entire ecology of children’s lives, addressing multiple factors that contribute to antisocial behavior, including factors at the family, school, and community levels. MST typically targets chronic, violent, and substance-abusing children, ages 12-17, at high risk of (or returning from) out-of-home placement. Read more about MST here.

Referrals should be sent to mstreferral@homeoftheinnocents.org. If you have any questions, please call 502.596.1174.

MST crisis response line, please call 502.596.1175.

The MST program is made possible through partnerships with the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services and the Department of Medicaid Services. Funding for program startup has been provided by the James Graham Brown Foundation, the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence, and Molina Healthcare.