How does Home for Good offer an alternative to Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC)?
Children enter Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) because they require a high level of care. Yet, ongoing TFC services include, at most, weekly visits by a social worker, who also covers custodial and case management issues. Foster parents and TFC caseworkers must therefore arrange mental health services in the community. This can lead to difficulty locating services, transportation and attendance problems, and little coordination of care with therapists who do not participate in treatment team meetings. Service fragmentation is a common result — a known contributor to placement breakdown. When a child’s needs become more intense, intensive in-home services may be added. This causes duplication of case management, and higher costs. It also increases demands on the foster parents, requiring them to accommodate multiple home visitors. At Home for Good, we work with families and agencies to develop a seamless plan of care. This may incorporate intensive in-home services, ongoing, customized t
