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Benefits of foster parenting
10 Facts about Specialty Foster Care
- Specialty Foster Care provides intensive treatment in a foster care setting.
- The program is a less restrictive alternative to longterm residential care for youth that have severe emotional disturbances.
- We recruit, train and support families to provide treatment in their own homes as members of the therapeutic team. Treatment families implement an individualized treatment plan that is developed for a child by the treatment team. The staff provides intensive clinical supervision and training.
- Twenty-four hour supervision in person or by phone is provided to each treatment family by clinically trained professional staff.
- Treatment parents are reimbursed at a competitive rate for the care of a youth living in their home.
- The safety of the youth and the safety of the treatment family are of paramount concern in the matching process of youth with families.
- We are a therapeutic program and no punishment or harsh discipline is allowed. We provide training to educate the foster parent concerning appropriate consequences.
- We are accountable to our customers and stress the importance of documenting the services we provide. We develop positive and productive relationships with other child-centered and family-focused programs.
- We foster partnerships between treatment parents, birth parents and the treatment team. We help birth parents reunite with their children whenever possible.
- We have a great passion for the work we do and provide UNCONDITIONAL CARE as much as possible, even when it is difficult.
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