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Therapeutic
Foster Care
Therapeutic or Treatment Foster Care is specialized foster
care with the foster parent receiving training, support, additional
pay, and guidance for the care of the child. The VALUES
program offers parents training before a child is placed and during
the placement along with regular visits in the home by the case
worker assigned to assist the foster parents. Therapeutic foster
care works with children in state custody who are from birth to
17 years old.
Therapeutic / Treatment
Foster Parents
People who are good Therapeutic / Treatment Foster Parents are caring,
supportive, and provided consistent care.
These foster
parents are willing to make a difference in a child's life and aid
the child in returning home, being adopted, or remain in foster
care. Therapeutic Foster Parents are from all walks of life and
many different backgrounds.
Children in Therapeutic
Foster Care
Children enter care through referrals from local Departments of
Social Services, courts, mental health clinics, or emergency shelters.
The children are in state custody and need a structured, supportive,
caring home that will address their needs and provide them with
consistency.
The children are
Medicaid approved for health care and receivie clothing vouchers
from Department of Social Services during their state in Therapeutic
Foster Care. The children are from Wise, Scott, and Lee Counties,
and the City of Norton, and need placements in these areas.
The VALUES
Program
VALUES is a licensed
as a child-placing agency through Virginia Department of Social
Services. VALUES works with children in Wise, Scott, and Lee Counties,a
nd the City of Norton and offers trained case managers to each family.
VALUES offers training, guidance, and links
to services needed to maintain foster care placement.
The program has
24-hour, seven days a week contact with case workers for emergency
needs. VALUES has
a yearly picnic and Christmas party for foster families and their
children. The program
offers respite care for families with foster children
in the home. Respite Care gives foster families one weekend a month
for the foster children to spend with other qualified VALUES
families.
Respite Care
VALUES offers foster
families the option of being part-time foster parents on weekends
to provide Respite Care for children in the program. These parents
take in foster children for two-day periods when other VALUES
families need respite care. This is a great opportunity for people
to work with a wide range of children for a short time and still
help children who need it.
More Information
You may reach VALUES
staff at (888) 443-1804. We will answer any question you have about
Therapeutic Foster Care or how to join a dedicated team. We're located
at Addington Hall, Duffield, Va. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
VALUES
Foster Parents
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