Our Children’s Keeper Child & Family Services provides foster homes for children who have been placed in protective custody. The agency recruits, screens, and train potential foster parents. Once foster parents have completed all the certification requirements We then provide support and oversight to the families once they are certified and have foster children placed in their home.
We serve youth of all ages; from newborns through 18 years of age. Many foster children enter the system with one or more siblings. Therefore, the agency works diligently to recruit families that can accommodate sibling sets of various sizes and age ranges. The agency also works to promote awareness of the needs of foster youth ages 13 years and older. Although highly vulnerable and in desperate need of guidance and support, this population is often overlooked.
Program Components:
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Therapeutic Foster Care
Therapeutic Foster Care •Foster -Adopt
Foster -AdoptTherapeutic Foster Parent: Basic Eligibility Criteria
1. Be 21 years of age or older
2. Have a safe, well maintained home environment
3. Have room in your home (no more then 2 to a room)
4. Have time in your daily life to parent a child.
5. Have a sincere desire to make a difference in a
child's life.
Steps to Certification
1. Complete a screening application
2. Attend an Orientation
3. Attend 12 hours of Precertification Training
4. Complete a Precertification Application packet
5. Have home inspected
6. Participate in Home Study Interview
7. Complete CPR/1st Aid Certification
8. Have a health screening.
Compensation
Foster parents are provided a monthly stipend for purpose of caring for and meeting the needs of their foster children. Some of the needs include, but are not limited to, food, clothing, shelter, daycare (if needed), and extra curricular activities. The payments are based upon the age of the child and are as follows:
Age Monthly Compensation
0-4 $715
5-8 $740
9-11 $760
12-14 $800
15-19 $840
Compensation for children in the ITFC program is $1200/month regardless of age.
Therapeutic Foster Care Program
A subsidiary of MU'EED Inc.
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