The CFS Treatment Foster Care program provides community-based treatment services within a foster family environment to children ages birth to twenty-one. The children and youth served suffer from one or a combination of behavioral, psychological, medical and / or emotional problems that interfere with their ability to function effectively in their environment. Specially trained foster families teach, model, and interact with youth providing normalizing experiences, which enhance levels of social and emotional functioning.

Our foster families receive a dual certification as treatment foster parent(s) and adoptive parent(s). In the event that a child is legally free for adoption, the foster family could be considered as an adoptive resource.The Center for Family Services is committed to practices that respect and promote positive birth family connections and positive cultural identity for children and their families.

The Individual Service Plan is based on the specific needs, wants and desires of every child and adult who requires care and treatment. The treatment team provides the treatment services. The team consists of the Social Worker, Child, Birth Family, Treatment Family, Therapist, Psychiatrist and Dept. of Social Services Worker.

Our Mission
Building & strengthening families by creating safe & permanent connections through Treatment Foster Care, After School Programs and life-long Adoption Services

Our Values

Our Services Are:

Respectful ~ We value each individual’s intrinsic dignity, culture, race, religion and           community.
Empowering ~Through our services we encourage individuals & families to find their      inner strengths and make positive life-long decisions.
Focused on Quality ~ Through continuous improvement efforts we evaluate our           services in response to the needs of individuals, families, staff and communities.
Collaborative ~ Working in partnership with our clients, staff, agencies, and      community programs we learn, share resources and build on our strengths.

Purpose
• Reduce the length of time in hospital and/or residential care and to facilitate a return to the least restrictive setting, maintaining an enhanced level of social and emotional functioning.

• To provide a therapeutic environment in order to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of those children referred for treatment foster care placement.

• To provide children with a normalizing experience with opportunities to learn to interact in a safe and healthy environment with a trained family that teaches and models appropriate behavior.

• To facilitate permanency planning for the child, focusing on reunification. In the event reunification is not available to facilitate continued contact between kin and maintain familial ties.

Services
• Dual certification of Treatment Foster/Adoptive Care
• Specialized training for Treatment Foster/ Adoptive Parents
• Tax free Stipend for treatment families
• 24 hour on-call support
• Planned and Emergency Respite: For additional information click here

• Social Work Case Management
• Behavior Management
• Therapy and Psychiatric Services for children and families
• Specialized Services & Life Skills Training for Adolescents
• Specialized Treatment Foster Care Programs

        B-CARS TFC
        Family to Family
        Hope Unit
        Therapeutic Alternative Shelter Care(TASC)

Address
Program services operate from two office sites in Baltimore City and Harford County:

11 East Mt. Royal Avenue           1301 Continental Drive, Suite 101
Baltimore, MD 21202                     Abingdon, MD 21009
(410) 685-2363                            (410) 538-3388