Therapeutic foster care is specifically designed to provide comprehensive care and services for children with emotional, behavioral, medical, or psychological needs. Children are placed in a family setting with well-trained foster parents that provide daily support and work with the child’s support system to achieve permanency.

Therapeutic foster parents are essential members of the child’s treatment team and receive support from qualified professionals. Children in therapeutic foster care have individualized treatment plans that guide the coordinated provision of services and use of procedures designed to produce a positive planned outcome in a child’s behavior so that they can return to their biological family, be placed for adoption or step down to a lower level of care.