Treatment Foster Care (TFC) continues to be an outstanding program
in the Albuquerque area. We serve children with special needs and
behavioral challenges in our community. The program’s success is
grounded in a relationship based, family focused treatment philosophy.
Our staff and families are committed to the ongoing integrity of
our program and the success of children.
In 2008, 42 children and youth were discharged from TFC. Of those 42%
have achieved permanency. These young people went on to be adopted,
emancipated or reunified with their family. The TFC staff is passionate
about working with children and families to live safely and successfully
in their community as they move out of TFC.
At the end of the calendar year, we have 57 licensed Treatment Families.
This year we are excited to have issued 4 new licenses. Many of our current
families have been with us for many years and we look forward to
growth in 2009. The TFC program continues to be committed to training
for our families. We have implemented some new topics this year
and plan to add many more training events in the future.
The TFC program has hosted several events this year including our
annual bake sale, the second annual Fall Festival, the annual Treatment
Foster Parent Appreciation event in May. During the summer some
staff and families took groups of kids to do a Ropes course. Ongoing
campaigns for the program includes school supply drives, blanket and
quilt donations for children, and special activity funding for kids.
The program continues to offer the acupuncture clinic for our children
and families, supervised by Dr. Jeff Meyer through the Southwest
Acupuncture College. This program has been a wonderful part of
our service for the past 11 years. We have begun to offer a sensory and
attachment group to our children and parents. The children and parents
have a great time interacting with each other in this group. We
have also implemented a skills group for our adolescent kids. It has
been a productive year for program development.
We want to thank all of those in the community who have supported
our program in 2008. We appreciate all of the connections and kindness.
We always want to acknowledge the treatment foster care families
for all of their love, patience and commitment. Special thanks goes to
the amazing staff, for their endless dedication to the children and families
that we serve. |
