The therapeutic foster care model delivers intensive therapeutic support within a structed home family environment, complemented by wraparound services. The approach aims to stabilize youth and address individualized needs and promote positive outcomes.

 

Therapeutic foster parents fulfill all of the roles and responsibilities of traditional parenting, while also working with the youth’s therapist, case manager, and other treatment team members to ensure they understand the unique developmental and behavioral health needs of each youth so they can nurture and support growth and progress in the lives of the youth they serve.

 

Therapeutic foster care is a more specialized form of fostering, where parents are trained to care for children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. Therapeutic foster families can be either single-parent or two-parent homes, and can provide either full-time or part-time care.

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The Youth Advocates of Sitka therapeutic foster care team provides families with support through in-home visits, online and in-person training, and additional resources designed to promote success.

 

Becoming a therapeutic foster parent through Youth Advocates of Sitka offers many benefits for both the foster child and the parent, such as:

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               Specialized training and support with a professional YAS team

               Daily stipend

               24/7 on-call crisis support

               Clinical and case management services

               Access to respite services

               Individualized treatment planning

               Support through the licensing process

 

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