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Foster Care Services

The Childhelp Foster Care program provides short and long-term therapeutic foster care to abused and neglected children.

Loving families

The Childhelp Foster Care program provides short and long-term therapeutic foster care to abused and neglected children. We work to match children in need with warm, loving families who can provide a caring and safe environment. We are licensed to recruit, screen, train, and certify foster care parents.

In addition, Childhelp provides ongoing support to both resource parents and the children in their care to ensure a successful and long-term relationship. It’s our mission to help foster children we serve find a forever home where they can meet their full potential.

Through our Childhelp Foster Family Agency of East Tennessee, and the Childhelp Foster Family Programs of California, we are able to make huge strides in providing short and long-term therapeutic foster care to abused and neglected children.

Foster Care Services

Our regional foster care offices

California foster care

Currently, there are more than 100,000 children in California’s foster care system who need to be placed in safe and secure homes while receiving the care and nurturing they currently do not experience in their home environments.

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Tennessee foster care

In response to the unique needs of children in the foster care system, the agency developed support programs, community outreach and training to promote the unity and quality of Tennessee foster homes.

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California foster program

Currently, there are more than 100,000 children in California’s foster care system who need to be placed in safe and secure homes while receiving the care and nurturing they currently do not experience in their home environments.

For over 30 years, Childhelp’s Foster Care Programs of California have connected loving families with children by actively recruiting, approving and training foster families across Southern California, including the greater Los Angeles area. From its offices in Los Angeles and San Bernardino, critical services can be offered and provided to children most in need.

Each foster child has access to a well-qualified clinical coordinator who provides weekly case management and individual or family counseling. Crisis intervention services are also provided for the child’s stay with a foster family. A child’s medical, dental, developmental, and educational needs are monitored on a regular basis.

Once a child is placed in a home, Childhelp is committed to providing assistance and program referrals to the entire family.

Los Angeles: (323) 465-4016
San Bernardino: (909) 335-1164
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What does Childhelp provide Foster Parents?

  • Round-the-clock in-home crisis response for foster families (we will “come to you” in a crisis)
  • Foster parent support events throughout year
  • Respite services offer a break when you need one
  • Advocacy for our Foster Parents concerns and needs
  • In-house training and support provided by Childhelp staff
  • Childhelp provides counseling for children placed in foster care
  • Post-Secondary scholarship is available to current and former foster youth
  • Monthly financial stipend for each foster child’s living expenses
  • Financial incentive for referring new families interested in fostering a child

What does it take to be a resource parent in California?

  • Ability to provide a secure and nurturing home.
  • Be part of partnership between the child’s social worker, therapist, teachers and physicians.
  • Completion of 30–38 hours of training.
  • Commitment, understanding, patience, and the willingness to accept and provide guidance to children with diverse backgrounds and challenges.
  • Provide consistent, fair, and age appropriate guidance for children.
  • Potential resource/adoptive parents are screened through a series of interviews, background checks, training, and home interviews.
  • Be 21 years of age or older.
  • Be married or single.
  • Be a resident of the State of California.
  • Be employed or have a source of viable income.
  • Have space in your home for a child.
  • Have a working automobile and auto insurance, as well as home owners or renter’s insurance.

What makes us different than other programs?

  • Extra clothing allotments for our children every 6 months provided by Childhelp
  • Access clothing stores for our children with 50% off
  • Foster Parent Mentoring Program for our new foster parents
  • Hands-on, community-based event to benefit our foster children (Pockets of Love program, Coats for the Kids, and others)
  • Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) evidence based therapeutic intervention training for all foster parents

What will the Childhelp Foster Family Agency Provide?

  • Free foster parent training to become a certified foster home
  • Ongoing training after certification
  • Individual counseling for each foster child
  • 24-hour on-call emergency support services
  • Respite care to give you a break when you need one.
  • Financial monthly stipend for each foster child’s living expenses
  • Monthly recreational activities for the children and families.
  • One-time financial bonus for newly certified families
  • Financial incentive for referring new families to foster.

Tennessee Foster Program

In 1999, the Childhelp Foster Family Agency of East Tennessee opened its doors to fulfill its role in creating healthy, loving family relationships between children and families. In response to the unique needs of children in the foster care system, the agency developed support programs, community outreach and training to promote the unity and quality of Tennessee foster homes.

In 2009 our program received national accreditation from the Council of Accreditation (COA) and was also awarded a contract to serve foster children from the State of Tennessee program. Currently Childhelp supports the following counties: Knox, Blount, Anderson, Sevier, Loudon, Monroe, Roane, Morgan, Union, Scott, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainier, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Cocke.

Childhelp provides case management and training for families to maximize each child’s potential to heal and grow. The ultimate goal is to create a place of peace for the child and family — to create a home.

With this in mind, Childhelp creates individualized treatment plans which meet each foster child’s needs, including appropriate individual and family therapy sessions and supervised visits with the child’s biological parents.

Knoxville: (865) 637-1753
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Tennessee Foster CarePlay Video

FAQs

What does Childhelp provide foster parents?

  • Round-the-clock in-home crisis response for foster families (we will “come to you” in a crisis)
  • Foster parent support events throughout year
  • Respite services offer a break when you need one
  • Advocacy for our Foster Parents concerns and needs
  • In-house training and support provided by Childhelp staff
  • Childhelp provides counseling for children placed in foster care
  • Post-Secondary scholarship is available to current and former foster youth
  • Monthly financial stipend for each foster child’s living expenses
  • Financial incentive for referring new families interested in fostering a child

What does it take to be a foster parent in Tennessee?

  • Ability to provide a warm, secure and nurturing home.
  • Be willing to work as a team member with a child’s social worker, therapist, teachers, physicians, and birthparents.
  • Completion of TN-KEY and licensed as an approved foster home.
  • Commitment, understanding, patience and the willingness to accept and provide guidance to children with diverse backgrounds and challenges.
  • Provide consistent, fair and age appropriate guidance for children.
  • Potential foster parents are screened through a series of interviews, background checks, and training.
  • Be 21 years of age or older.
  • Be a resident of the State of Tennessee.
  • Be employed or have a source of viable income.
  • Have space in your home for a child.
  • Have a working automobile and auto insurance, as well as homeowners or renter’s insurance.

What makes us different than other programs?

  • Extra clothing allotments for our children every 6 months provided by Childhelp
  • Access clothing stores for our children with 50% off
  • Foster Parent Mentoring Program for our new foster parents
  • Hands-on, community-based event to benefit our foster children (Pockets of Love program, Coats for the Kids, and others)
  • Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) evidence based therapeutic intervention training for all foster parents

What will the Childhelp Foster Family Agency provide?

  • Free foster parent training
  • Ongoing training to help licensed foster parents succeed
  • Case management for each foster child.
  • 24-hour on-call emergency support services
  • Respite care to give you a break if you need one.
  • Financial monthly stipend to cover the cost of each child or teen fostered

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