Standard Foster Care
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Standard Foster Care serves children that require a standard level of care. Each child is assessed after 60 days of placement in your home. If it is determined the child’s needs are greater than when they were originally placed, the level of care and monthly stipend may increase, and the child may qualify for additional services.
Intensive Services Foster Care
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC) serves youth and young adults who have complex needs which require more support than standard foster care services provide. These youth/young adults may have needs that have not been well met in lower levels of care. Additional training hours are required for your home to be approved at this level. Our ISFC program provides crisis management training, monthly parent support groups, and a higher rate of reimbursement.
Complex Care/Enhanced Intensive Care
Available At: Capital
Complex Care contains two branches: Enhanced Emergency Shelter Care (EESC) services and Enhanced Intensive Services Foster Care (E-ISFC) services. At the emergency level of care, youth 20 years old and younger are placed in emergency short-term care for up to 30 days until the assigned county worker is able to locate a more permanent home. At the E-ISFC level of care, the length of stay is 9-12 months. For both branches of the program, there is a high level of care needed, and training is provided. Stipends are also often higher than standard foster care, and respite care is also provided.
Transition Aged Youth Foster Care (AKA AB12 Extended Foster Care)
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
AB12 Extended Foster Care benefits young adults ages 18-21. In it, resource parents help mentor a young adult to meet life challenges and learn life skills. The young adult lives in your home just as minor youth in foster care would. Eligibility requirements for young adults include being in school, or in a career training program, or employed. The program is voluntary and young adults may opt out of the program if they choose to. The resource family support must be flexible to meet the needs of the young adult.
Therapeutic Foster Care
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) is a short-term, intensive, trauma-informed rehabilitative service for youth up to age 21 with complex emotional and behavioral needs. This model is intended for youth and who require intensive and frequent mental health support due to past trauma or abuse. TFC often includes 24/7 care, a supportive and structured home life, and long-term services. It is a home-based alternative to high-level care in group homes or in-patient facilities, as providers continue to move towards home-based care for most, if not all, forms of foster care.
Professional Parents
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Professional Parenting is connected to our higher acuity specialty mental health programs. The goal of these programs is to connect with these youth while helping them transition to a permanent family connection. There is a short-term model of care, which is 60 days and focuses on stabilizing youth of all ages before they join a family. The second model is 6-9 months, depending on the region in which you reside, and serves youth ages 5-21 who need a higher level of care. Professional Parenting offers a generous stipend, specialized training, weekly support meetings, 24-hour crisis support, and flexible respite time that includes 48 hours of time each month and 4 hours of self-care time weekly.
Respite Care
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Respite Care is short-term care that is either planned or emergency care of a child or youth, and gives resource parents a break. It is highly recommended to have a back-up respite care provider identified. Often resource parents provide respite for other resource parents.
Adoptions
Available At: Bay Area, Capital
Pacific Clinics’ adoption program helps California children and youth up to age 19 who are placed in foster care find permanent homes. There are no adoption fees for applicants wishing to adopt a child in the foster care system. Families who adopt through foster care are also eligible to receive monthly adoption assistance payments and Medi-Cal benefits until the child turns 18.
