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| Through adoption services children
are able to move toward permanency. An adoptive home study and child profile is
completed for foster children already in The Bair Foundation foster program and
children in the care of other foster care programs under the request of
Children, Youth and Family services. |
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| Medical Foster Care is a program for children, youth
and families whose special medical needs are met through services delivered by
treatment foster parents who are trained, supervised and supported by staff and
medical professionals. |
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| Treatment foster care is a program for children, youth
and families whose special behavioral/emotional/social needs are met through
services delivered by treatment of foster parents who are trained, supervised
and supported by agency staff. |
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Emergency Foster Care is temporary, safe, community
based environment for children in the state’s custody that are between the ages
of 0 to 5 years. The child whose living situation has been disrupted due
to neglect or abuse, to the extent that children are unable to reside with
their biological parents or legal guardians or continue to
reside where they are living at the time of placement. Emergency foster care is
a short-term, temporary living situation, until longer term arrangements can be
made. |
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| Kinship care is defined as full time care, nurturing
and protection of children by relative, members of their tribes or clan,
godparents, stepparents or any adult who has a kinship bond with a child.
Kinship Care allows a child to grow into adulthood in a familiar family
environment. The service is designed for children and their kinship and/or
biological parents when parental care has been determined to be inadequate or
when a voluntary plan with a kinship caregiver is in place until reunification
or another permanent alternative is achieved. The service is available to
children to affirm their connections to family, community and culture through a
kinship care placement. |
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| The transition to independence is certainly a
challenge which awakens separation anxiety common to all individuals. For young
people in foster care, this challenge may be more difficult as there is often
no legacy of security and love. The Bair Foundation desires to facilitate a
positive transition by preparing foster adolescents for independence through
the use of supervised individual living services in a supportive environment.
This program is for children currently in care with The Bair Foundation who
meet the eligibility requirements. |
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| The Parent’s Empowerment Program (P.E.P.) is a Bair
Foundation program developed to provide parenting instruction to family members
involved with CYS and other social service agencies. |
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In-Home Services is a program for families in crisis. Without intervention, the
unsafe home environment places children at risk and may necessitate their
removal from the home to substitute care. Intervention is provided in the home
environment utilizing a multisystemic approach. In situations where children
have already been removed from the home, the In Home Services Program can
provide after-care for families whose children are transitioning back into
their homes. |
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Therapeutic assessment services is a program for children and youth by which
their needs and subsequent service levels are assessed within a 45-day period
of time by various professionals and highly trained treatment foster parents
and agency staff.
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Our outpatient program is designed to help families during crisis or to offer
enhancement in specific areas of need. Before placement of a child occurs
outside the home, outpatient personnel provide intervention through a
multi-systematic treatment approach with the purpose of maintaining the family
unit.
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