Programs for Children
Family Services
Therapeutic Foster Care
Range Of Services
The PFLA program provides the following individualized services through a team of professionals including psychologists, master’s level clinicians, PFLA providers (foster parents), and respite providers:
- Foster parent recruitment, training, and licensing
- Interdisciplinary treatment planning that includes the PFLA team, the child/adolescent and family, the referring agency or DCYF, and other involved community providers
- Clinical case management and behavioral programming
- Visits by PFLA master level clinician
- Coordination with the individual’s educational program
- On-going PFLA provider training
- Quarterly reports of treatment progress
- Respite care
- Family visitation and training that emphasizes a “parent- to- parent” model
- Permanency planning
- Professional support 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Discharge and after-care planning
Referral Process
The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) can make a referral to PFLA to place a child or adolescent in a specialized foster home.
Through a screening process, a team of professionals determines that a child is appropriate to live with a family. The child/adolescent and a licensed PFLA foster home are carefully matched to ensure a successful placement. A gradual transition process is planned by the team with several visits and eventual placement in the PFLA home.
The following diagnostic criteria are used as a guide for placement: children/adolescents ages 2-21, Developmental Disabilities, Conduct Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or dually diagnosed mental health and cognitive disorders.
