Looking back over 2007 and reflecting on our Treatment
Foster Care (TFC) program, I appreciate all of the growth
and excitement. There have been changes and renewed commitments. During the past year, 38 youth in the TFC program have achieved permanency. These young people
went on to be adopted, emancipated or reunified with their
family. Two of our treatment foster families adopted children
in their care. 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.
 Currently, La Familia
has 61 licensed treatment
foster homes
in and around the
Albuquerque area.
Many of our families
have more than five
years of experience
providing treatment
foster care services
for special needs
children. Families
receive numerous training opportunities in order to support
them in their role as professional treatment foster parents. The TFC program has implemented many new
groups and trainings over the past year in order to support
the families.
La Familia placed 52 children and discharged 52 children
during the calendar year. La Familia TFC assists families with
reunification whenever possible. La Familia helped over 24 children return to their biological families including parents
and extended family members. La Familia TFC also supported more than 13 adoptions.
The TFC program saw a change in directorship in July of 2007. The new TFC leadership team has renewed passion
and continues to focus on quality and integrity.
This involves measuring program performance, client outcomes and client satisfaction and then using that information to establish and maintain a culture of continuous improvement. An example of performance measure
is the participation in the FFTA (Foster Family Based
Treatment Association) benchmark study. |
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The study will help evaluate the performance of La Familia’s Treatment
Foster Care program and compare it to the performance of
peer treatment foster care programs nationwide. This FFTA
study also provides a way for La Familia to measure its own client outcomes in a systematic fashion.
The TFC staff is committed to the integrity of the program.
This includes support for our families and staff to be successful
in their work through encouragement, training,
supervision, and serious attention to adherence to policies
and standards. We set a high standard for ourselves to
provide a collaborative and relationship-based, family-focused philosophy that models and teaches children and |
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