In 1992 the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Comprehensive Services Act to create a collaborative system of family-focused services to address the strengths and needs of troubled and at-risk youth and their families in the Commonwealth. The directives of the Act were carried out in each community through Family Assessment and Planning Teams (FAPTs) that rated the usefulness of family strengths employed in intervention plans. This study compared the useful family strengths across FAPT communities and representative areas. Some family strengths proved to be unique to the upper quartiles of specific respondent groups and some family strengths were common to the upper quartiles of all 17 respondent groups. The study identified commonalities and differences in perspectives of family service providers from different communities and representative areas when they incorporate useful family strengths into intervention plans for at-risk youth and their families. Tables, figure, appendix, references