Northern Family Intervention Services, Inc.

12/08/2025

What a fantastic crew we have at NFIS—we had so much fun painting and celebrating together.

12/02/2025

This Giving Tuesday please consider donating to NFIS, your funding supports our mission of keeping children safely in their homes throughout northern Michigan.

09/04/2025

Michigan Friends that care about mental health for our most vulnerable, most severely impaired, Please read and educate yourselves on the impact if these decisions.

Despite past legislative attempts to legally prioritize our mental health system through voting continually rejected by public, Now the Governor and the Department of Health and Human Services is instead doing an end around and changing the bidding process for contracts.

Educate yourself at the following link and please use your voice to communicate with your representatives and the governor.

https://cmham.org/advocacy/resources/vr tn

07/22/2025

We are seeking Parent Educators in Cheboygan, Presque Isle and Emmet counties. If you know of anyone with a minimum of an Associates Degree in a human services related filled, please have them reach out to Roxanne McLintock at rmclintock@northernfamily.org

04/10/2025

NFIS continues to seek qualified MSW therapists or Bachelor degrees in human services field to provide in home services/intervention to families. Please each out to us or email rmclintock@northernfamily.org

We are looking for qualified Home Based Therapists to work with children. Position is a flexible full time position, with benefits, mileage reimbursement, extensive training and support using the Teaching Family Model. Preference is given to Licensed Master's Level Clinicians. We will consider Bachelor Level candidates with degrees in social work, and other child related fields as Home Based Assistants. Send inquiries to rmclintock@northernfamily.org

12/03/2024

Are you looking for an organization to support on Giving Tuesday? We would love if you would consider Northern Family Intervention Services. Your donations help to support vulnerable families and keep children safely in their homes. In the past year we have worked with over 500 families in northern Michigan teaching parenting skills, providing trauma informed therapy and social skills to children.

11/19/2024

Thank you Great Lakes Energy People Fund for supporting our agency and improving technology use and access to our vulnerable familes. Please consider supporting this important fund that supports charities and non profits by rounding up on your your energy bills to the next highest dollar by visiting gtlakes.com
https://www.northernfamily.org/post/great-lakes-energy-funds-technology-for-parent-education

10/25/2024

We love our mentor program! Check out our blog post https://wix.to/06SO3ef

NFIS mentor Tina Garzella is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the youth she mentors. She actively seeks out engaging activities to enrich their experiences and foster their personal growth. Whether it's participating in fun outings exploring the outdoords, or community service p...

10/21/2024

Shout out to Barbara Bunce and Martha Troy for their annual coats for kids donation. Check out our NFIS blog post https://wix.to/wMO3eso

Let's take a moment to appreciate the dedication and generosity of Barbara Bunce, the mother of Martha Troy, who serves as our NFIS Data Specialist. Barbara's mission is an annual initiative of purchasing high-quality winter coats to donate to the children in our NFIS program. This year, her contrib...

08/15/2024

Great resource for our families in Vanderbilt!

The preschool program will begin Sept. 18 and run from 7:50 a.m. until 2:50 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

08/15/2024

Great organization—read how you can support the Power of the Purse

❣️ SAVE THE DATE ❣️ Power of the Purse tickets go on sale Monday, August 19th. The first 50 people to purchase POP tickets will be entered into an exclusive Barbie raffle! Winners will be drawn before the POP event on Facebook LIVE. Don't miss out on a special gift from Barbie!

This year's Power of the Purse is Barbie themed which means we want you to come decked out in all things Barbie & Ken. POP will be held at The Ellison Place on October 17th. Tickets are $100 and includes a mystery purse straight out of Barbie's closet!!! 🩷🤩💋👠👑🎀💌

Stay tuned for more details & how to purchase tickets on Monday, August 19th. Come on, Barbie...let's go party!

***rdMI