Therapeutic Foster Care

Therapeutic Foster Care is an innovative program offered by LSSI in Aurora, Chicago, and Rockford. Therapeutic Foster Care places children with histories of severe trauma and emotional/behavioral needs in family treatment homes where they receive more one-on-one care and attention. The program is evidence-based and provides short-term, intensive support for these children so that they can thrive in a family home.

Therapeutic Foster Parents are paid a daily stipend to allow a member of the household to devote time to the child. Therapeutic Foster Parents receive special training and 24/7 support. They also are part of a comprehensive team that supports the child.

Become a Therapeutic Foster Parent

The Therapeutic Foster Care team includes dedicated, innovative, and highly trained clinicians, caseworkers, and specially trained foster parents. The team works with individual children ages 6 to 14, for 9 to 12 months. Intensive treatment helps children develop the needed skills to thrive at home, in school, and in the community. Family coaching  is provided for parents, relatives, or pre-adoptive parents.

The ideas around Therapeutic Foster Care just made me think, ‘We should have had this information years ago. We should do this for all kids in Illinois.’ Even within the model itself, it teaches, as an adult, how to be better people, how to converse with other adults, not just with the kids. It opens your mind a lot.
-Therapeutic Foster Parent Tonia Ware

LSSI uses a highly effective, evidence-based treatment model called Treatment Foster Care of Oregon (TFCO), which has been successful at reducing problem behaviors, increasing school success, strengthening attachment to caregivers, and improving foster parent satisfaction.

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You Can Make a Lasting Impact on a Child’s Life. Become a Therapeutic Foster Parent!

LSSI is seeking committed individuals to be Therapeutic Foster Parents.

What You Need:

  • A strong desiree to help a child
  • The ability to consider other perspectives
  • A healthy sense of humor
  • A willingness to learn–no experience needed!

What You Will Get:

  • Extensive training, ongoing support and a fun, caring community of other therapeutic foster parents
  • A team of professionals available 24/7
  • A stipend of $3,300 per month
  • The incredible reward of helping a child succeed

These kids have the same wants and desires as other kids—they just need a little more love. Hopefully the child will come out of the program knowing that someone’s there for them.
-Therapeutic Foster Parent Eve Rivera

For more information about becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent, please contact an LSSI Therapeutic Foster Parent Team Leader in your area:

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