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Who are supportive placement foster children?
Supportive Placement children have special behavioral and/or mental health needs.
What do these children need?
Like all children, they need a loving structured home. They need foster
parents willing to learn and willing to work with other professionals to
help the child meet his potential.
Where are these children?
These children are ready to move to a family after living in a group home or
residential treatment facility. Or they may be at risk of being
placed in such a facility.
Who are the supportive placement foster parents?
The foster parents are caring people who want to help a child succeed in
life. They enjoy parenting and spending time with children.
They can work in cooperation with other professionals for the best
interests of the child.
Parents can be single or married. They can work or be stay at home
parents. They can have children other than the foster child and it makes no
difference if they own or rent their home.
They are families very much like yours!
Foster parents receive training to meet the needs of the child placed in their
home. Erie County Office of Children and Youth will have 24 hour
support available to you when you foster parent a supportive placement
child.
Supportive foster parents receive financial reimbursement for child care and related
costs such as mileage and a yearly clothing allowance. Ongoing
therapeutic support, behavioral management training and planned respite
are provided.
Other Foster Care Programs:
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