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Services at this Location
- Foster Care and Adoption Services
- Therapeutic Behavioral Services
- Wraparound
Foster Care and Adoption Services
Resource Family and Permanency Services matches children from birth to age eighteen with resource (foster and kinship) families when children are unable to remain at home with their birth families. Children and birth families are provided ongoing support services with a goal of family reunification or other permanency options such as adoption. The program has a full service adoption license supporting permanence for children and families. For information about becoming a foster or adoptive parent, call toll-free (877) 488-5437 or email. Someone will contact you to discuss becoming a FamilesFirst foster parent.
Therapeutic Behavioral Services
Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) is the result of a California lawsuit (Emily Q) creating an entitlement for children eligible for Medi-Cal and who have been hospitalized or placed in treatment group homes to targeted behavioral service that will assist them to be successful in the least restrictive environment.. These behavioral plans ensure that the function of the behavior is understood so that the child can learn behaviors that are more successful or the environment is changed to better meet the child’s needs. These services are strength-based and intended to be short term and additional to other mental health services.
Wraparound
This program was piloted at EMQ in Santa Clara County and made available State-wide with Senate Bill 163. It is designed to help children and families with complex needs that would otherwise require children be served in residential treatment settings. Funding includes both foster care funds that would have been used for residential treatment as well as mental health services funding. Flexible funding helps families meet needs that are not usually supported by traditional government programs. Services are typically provided for 12 to 18 months. With assistance from the Wraparound team, families are able to locate and secure resources in their own community, develop a family safety plan, and learn to apply the planning process to solve problems unique to their own family with skills that will serve them in the future.
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No child will be discriminated against because of race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age or disability.
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