Therapeutic Foster Parents

Description Therapeutic foster care is a specialized care alternative for children and youth, generally in the child welfare or juvenile justice system. Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) is also a respite care resource for other families.  Therapeutic foster care is considered the least restrictive form of out-of-home therapeutic placement for children with severe emotional disorders. Care is delivered in your private home as an agent with our company as a specially trained foster parent(s). 

Community Alternatives-NC is a member of the ResCare family, the nation’s leading provider of residential, training, education, workforce and support services for people with special needs.

You have the unique opportunity to join us as we embark on a new endeavor to expand the quality services we provide to the children who so badly need them in our community.  Our team consists of individuals/professionals who have a passion to serve others as well as genuinely make a difference in a child’s life.    

Training and on-going support provided.

Requirements

Potential foster parents must complete an application form and family profile.

The family's home must receive and pass a fire and safety inspection arranged for by the agency.

All foster families must receive and pass an environmental safety check that is arranged for by the agency. If the family's home is not on a public water system, the family's home must receive and pass a water inspection arranged for by the agency.

Family members must have a physical examination and a TB skin test.

All household members 18 years old and older must be fingerprinted in order for criminal record checks to be conducted locally, through the SBI, and through the FBI.

If the potential foster parents are a married couple, they must have been married for at

least one year. Single applicants can be licensed as foster parents.

To be licensed, foster parents have to be within the ages of 21 and 65.

Foster families need to have adequate income to financially support their own family without relying on the foster child's board payment, as the board payment is designed to cover the essentials of room and board for the foster child. Foster parents may work as long as they are able to meet the basic needs of the foster child.

The foster home must have a working telephone.

The foster family must have access to transportation and be willing and able to provide necessary transportation to meet the needs of the foster child (e.g. medical appointments, counseling appointments, school, community activities, etc…).

The foster home must provide each child with their own personal bedroom space.