Become a Therapeutic Parent

Help youth thrive and make positive change in the community through Treatment Foster Care.

Therapeutic Parents:

  • Keep youth in the community

  • Prevent the escalation of delinquency, youth violence, and pregnancy

  • Improve relationships between youth and their families

  • Increase positive academic engagement

  • Treatment Foster Care is not a traditional foster care placement and has specific mental health treatment criteria required for eligibility. The program aims to keep youth ages 7–11 suffering from emotional, behavioral, or psychological stress in their natural environment.

  • Therapeutic parents provide a safe and nurturing environment for youth while supporting their treatment goals. These individuals or couples:

    1. Create opportunities for youth to successfully live in a family setting

    2. Enjoy working with children and want to promote positive change

    3. Are willing to work together with a team of treatment professionals

    4. Demonstrate flexibility and can adapt to a change in plans

    You do not need previous experience to become a therapeutic parent.

  • Therapeutic parents receive:

    • Initial and ongoing training

    • Daily monitoring

    • Weekly group support

    • 24/7 access to in-the-moment coaching

    • Monthly compensation

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