If your work puts you in contact with separated parents as an attorney, therapist, social worker, school counselor, nutritionist, or workforce professional you already know that co-parenting conflict is often the upstream cause of the problems you’re trying to solve downstream. TPP is the structured, court-free intervention that fills that gap. Partnering with us is low-lift, consent-based, and designed to work within your existing practice not add to it.
Partnership at a Glance
No minimum referral volumes. No exclusivity requirements. Partner with other organizations freely.
No client data is shared without explicit written consent. The parent controls what crosses organizational lines.
TPP refers families to your organization when your services are needed. The relationship is bidirectional.
When both parties are ready, a lightweight Memorandum of Understanding documents roles, boundaries, and logistics.
No cross-access to client files. No shared EMR. No fee-splitting. Organizations remain fully independent.
Most organizations that serve separated families operate at the edges — the legal system resolves disputes, clinical providers treat individuals, and workforce agencies manage employment. What's almost universally absent is a structured, non-adversarial intervention in the space between: the ongoing co-parenting relationship itself. That's where TPP operates.
TPP does not provide legal services, clinical treatment, or crisis response. It provides a 9–12 month structured communication and stabilization program that prepares families for better outcomes in every other system they interact with — legal, educational, clinical, financial, and social.
TPP sits upstream of most systems its families eventually interact with. When communication is stabilized early, families require less from family courts, less from behavioral health crisis systems, and less from their attorneys. A TPP partnership is an investment in reducing burden across the entire ecosystem your organization works within.
Every organization listed here serves separated parents or their children — often without a reliable way to address the co-parenting dynamic that drives the presenting problems. TPP is the referral resource that fills that gap.
Your clients are often in TPP's target population before they become your clients — and many continue co-parenting conflicts long after their legal matters are resolved. TPP provides the communication infrastructure that makes cooperative legal outcomes more achievable and more durable. Referring attorneys can present TPP participation as evidence of good-faith effort toward cooperative parenting.
Client is not yet at litigation stage · Client needs communication structure before mediation · Post-settlement conflict is undermining the agreement · Client wants to avoid repeated court appearances
Individual therapy for one parent cannot resolve a co-parenting dynamic that involves two people. TPP complements individual therapeutic work by addressing the communication relationship directly — without clinical overlap. Clients already in therapy are among TPP's most engaged participants because they understand the value of structured, professional intervention.
Client's therapeutic progress is blocked by ongoing co-parent conflict · Client needs communication skill-building outside of clinical scope · Child's therapist identifies co-parent dynamic as the primary stressor
Family instability is frequently the upstream barrier your clients present downstream as job instability, training dropout, or housing insecurity. When co-parenting conflict is the root cause, TPP addresses it directly while your organization continues its work. Month 1 partner activation means workforce and HHS referrals happen within the first 30 days of TPP enrollment — creating a seamless, reciprocal service loop.
Client's training attendance or employment is disrupted by custody scheduling conflicts · Family instability is identified as a barrier to workforce engagement · Co-parent conflict undermines client's housing or childcare stability
Teachers, school counselors, and pediatricians are often the first professionals to see the effects of family instability on children — behavioral changes, academic decline, health disruption. When co-parenting conflict is the contributing factor, TPP provides a concrete, professional referral that doesn't require the referring party to navigate adult family dynamics directly. You refer the family; TPP handles what's within its scope.
Child's academic or behavioral issues appear tied to household instability · Parents are difficult to engage together at school or health appointments · Inconsistent routines or communication between parents is evident
Child nutrition consistency across two households is a documented challenge for separated families. When dietary conflicts, budget constraints, or schedule mismatches are driving clinical nutrition problems, TPP's nutrition support component provides the household coordination piece. Clinical nutrition partners and TPP serve the same family from complementary angles — one clinical, one structural.
Client's nutrition plan adherence is undermined by co-parent disagreements · Inconsistent routines across households are creating clinical barriers · Co-parent conflict about food choices is affecting child health outcomes
Money is one of the most common drivers of co-parenting conflict — and co-parenting conflict is one of the most common drivers of financial instability. Financial coaches and credit counselors who work with separated individuals often encounter clients whose financial progress is blocked by unresolved disputes over shared expenses, child support, or household budgets. TPP's financial coaching component addresses the co-parenting dynamic; your services address the individual's financial trajectory.
Client's financial stability is directly tied to co-parent conflict about expenses · Shared financial obligations are creating recurring disputes · Client needs two-household budgeting support beyond individual financial coaching
This is the complete referral workflow — the same model used across all TPP partner types. It's built to be low-lift for referring professionals, client-controlled at every stage, and cleanly bounded so neither organization works outside its scope.
Your organization identifies a client whose presenting challenges are connected to co-parenting conflict, communication breakdown, or family instability. TPP may also identify a family that needs services your organization provides. The trigger comes from either direction.
🔄 Referrals can originate from either partnerThe referring organization describes TPP's program to the client — what it is, what it provides, and how a referral would work. This is not a clinical recommendation; it is an informed presentation of an available resource. The client decides whether to express interest.
The referring organization obtains explicit, documented consent from the client before sharing any identifying information with TPP. No protected health information, case notes, legal records, or personal details are transmitted without authorization. The parent controls what crosses organizational lines.
🔒 No PHI or sensitive records are transmitted at this stageWith consent in place, the referring organization sends a brief warm introduction to TPP: the client's name, preferred contact information, and a short non-sensitive description of the co-parenting context (e.g., "two-household routine coordination during separation"). The client is CC'd for transparency. No medical history, legal records, or financial data is included.
TPP contacts the family directly and conducts its standard assessment intake — independently of the referring organization. TPP evaluates program fit, co-parenting situation, and program length. The referring organization is not involved in this process and does not receive any information from it without the family's consent.
📋 Referring org is not part of TPP's intake processWith the family's consent, TPP may confirm to the referring organization that contact was made, that an intake occurred, and that services are ongoing or concluded. No clinical details, program notes, counselor observations, or assessment results are shared. This is a status confirmation only — not a clinical handoff.
TPP and the partner organization serve the family simultaneously through their respective roles. Neither organization supervises, directs, or interferes with the other's services. Coordination occurs only at the family's request and within consented boundaries. The two services are designed to be complementary, not overlapping.
After 30–60 days of active referrals, both organizations review the process — how smoothly referrals are flowing, whether adjustments are needed, and whether to formalize the relationship with a signed MOU. No performance requirements exist at this stage; the review is collaborative, not evaluative.
⏰ Typical MOU consideration happens at this stageWhen TPP refers families to you
TPP actively refers families to partner organizations when participant needs fall outside its scope. Referral triggers vary by partner type:
TPP's partnership development approach is built on clarity without pressure. Every stage is optional — relationships can pause, advance, or conclude at any point without obligation.
A brief outreach — email, call, or form submission — establishing relevance and expressing interest in exploring a referral relationship. No materials are shared, no commitments are made. The goal is simply to open a door.
A 30–45 minute conversation where both organizations discuss their populations, their scopes, and whether a referral pathway makes sense. TPP shares a one-page partnership overview at this stage if interest is signaled. No obligation to proceed.
Both organizations agree on a lightweight referral workflow tailored to the partner type. A small number of referrals are piloted over 30–60 days to test the process, identify friction points, and confirm alignment. No MOU is required at this stage.
When both parties are ready to formalize the relationship, a lightweight Memorandum of Understanding is drafted to document roles, referral logistics, privacy boundaries, and the review process. The MOU is non-exclusive, does not require volume commitments, and can be amended by mutual agreement.
TPP's Memorandum of Understanding is designed to protect both organizations without creating administrative burden. It's built on five operating principles, all of which exist to make the referral relationship cleaner, not more complicated.
Each organization provides services within its own professional scope. Neither party supervises, directs, or is liable for the other's services. The MOU does not create an agency, joint venture, or employment relationship of any kind.
No client information is shared without documented consent. The MOU specifies what may be transmitted, in what format, and for what purpose. HIPAA-compliant communication protocols apply across all touchpoints. A Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is executed if required.
The MOU explicitly prohibits exclusivity requirements. Both organizations may work with other providers, develop other partnerships, and serve overlapping populations through other referral relationships — at any time and without notice.
The MOU prohibits fee-splitting, referral fees, revenue sharing, or any other financial arrangement between the organizations. Billing, payment, and financial relationships with clients remain entirely within each organization's own scope.
The MOU has a defined term (typically one year with automatic renewal), a 30-day termination notice period, and a wind-down process that protects continuity of care for any families currently being served. Amendments require mutual written agreement.
TPP's MOU template is built from real partnership documents — tested with nutrition providers, workforce agencies, and clinical partners. It's designed to be 90% complete out of the box, requiring only partner-specific details and a review period before execution.
A signed MOU is not required to begin a referral relationship with TPP. Most partnerships begin informally — with a conversation, a shared understanding of roles, and a first referral. The MOU formalizes what already works, rather than front-loading the relationship with paperwork.
If your organization requires a formal agreement before initiating referrals, TPP can accommodate that. The MOU draft is available upon request after an introductory conversation.
The first step is a brief, no-pressure conversation. Tell us about your organization, the population you serve, and what you're hoping a partnership might look like. We'll follow up within 48 hours to schedule an introductory call — or to send a one-page overview if that's a better starting point.
Tell us your organization type, your population, and what prompted you to reach out. No commitment, no paperwork.
A member of TPP's partnership team responds — either with a calendar link for a 30-minute intro call, or with the one-page partnership overview if you'd prefer to review it first.
We discuss your organization, your clients, and whether a referral pathway makes sense. If there's alignment, we propose a lightweight workflow and suggest a pilot. If there isn't, we say so directly.
No pressure, no timeline. Every stage of the partnership development process is optional and reversible. We'd rather build the right relationship slowly than a wrong one quickly.
TPP responds to all partnership inquiries within 48 business hours. Your information will not be shared with any third party and will not be used for any purpose other than this inquiry.
Built for the Ecosystem
They’re the parents in your waiting room, the clients who cancel appointments because of custody conflicts, the children whose school performance tracks directly to household instability. A TPP partnership doesn’t add to your caseload — it gives you a structured, professional place to refer the problem you can’t solve alone.
