Emergency assessment, intervention, and linkage with services from the community to accomplish family preservation or family reunification. There are several situations in which they get involved with families, including severe family and child conflicts, police station interventions with runaways, and any other child, adolescent, or family crisis that threatens to disrupt the family and lead to out-of-home placement. When families experience a crisis resulting in police intervention, the program is often called upon to work with the family. Self-referrals are also made by families for this voluntary program.