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Treatment Foster Care Programs and Services
Descriptions and information about treatment foster care programs and services, including State and local examples.
Program Standards for Treatment Foster Care
Foster Family-Based Treatment Association (2004)
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Presents 73 standards designed to assist agencies in the development of quality treatment foster care services for children and families.
Treatment Foster Care Guidelines
Casey Family Program (1994)
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A basic structure for the development and provision of treatment foster care (TFC) services. Goals and purpose of treatment foster care are discussed as well as the history of the Casey Family Program.
Promoting Permanency: Successful Exits from Therapeutic Group Care Through Family and Community Reintegration
Casey Family Programs (2009)
Features a brief video designed to raise awareness about the importance of permanency for all youth who have spent time in foster care. The video shares the stories of three families who were reunited through the Child Protective Services Reintegration Pilot Project, which provides an extensive network of wraparound services and supports to caregivers of youth who are in foster care, have at least one DSM-IV diagnosis, and are reintegrating into their families and communities. A discussion guide for facilitators is also available. (PDF - 536 KB)
Home-Based Treatment Foster Care: Using Foster Parents as the Agent of Change
Rivette (2000)
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Describes a model of treatment foster care that emphasizes the role of the foster parents in the child's therapy, supported by consultants and therapists.
Psychotropic Drug Use in Foster Care (PDF - 138 KB)
Florida Statewide Advocacy Council (2003)
Findings of a study about the utilization of psychotropic medicines among foster children.
Status of Treatment Foster Care in North America: Results of Membership Survey
Pressley Ridge Schools' Center for Research & Public Policy (1998)
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The results of a 1996 survey of the members of the Foster Family-Based Treatment Association about the types of services provided by treatment foster care agencies, cost of services, characteristics of clients, and outcomes.
Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse: A Handbook for Working With Children in Care
Children's Aid Societies (1998)
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Reviews the effects of sexual abuse on children and describes an approach for responding to sexually abused children in treatment foster care.
State and local examples
Behavioral Rehabilitative Services Handbook (PDF - 535 KB)
Deptartment of Social and Health Services, Washington (State) Children's Administration (2005)
Information on an intensive support and treatment program for children with behavioral/emotional disturbances as well as developmental disabilities, designed to assist them in transitioning to a less restrictive environment.
Chaos and Trauma in the Lives of Adolescent Females with Antisocial Behavior and Delinquency
Chamberlain & Moore
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 6(1), 2002
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Reviews literature on the implications of antisocial behavior in girls and presents the preliminary findings of the Oregon Study of Female Delinquency.
Connecting Families Through Adoption (CFTA): Final Report
United Methodist Family Services (2004)
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A model for promoting permanency for children living in treatment foster care through training programs for treatment foster parents interested in adoption, child-specific adoption preparation services, adoption home studies, and postadoption supervision.
In-Care Network, Inc.: Billings, Montana, December 11-13, 2000
Georgetown University Child Development Center (2000)
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Describes In-Care Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in Montana that provides therapeutic foster care services for American Indian youth who have serious health or mental health conditions.
Therapeutic Foster Care and Adoption Program at Family Service of Rhode Island
Family Service of Rhode Island (2004)
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An Adoption Opportunities grant to improve permanency planning for adolescent girls. Activities focused on the recruitment of treatment foster parents interested in adoption; training for foster parents about concurrent planning; new procedures to support reunification and adoption; and the management of placement disruptions.