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Foster Care and Adoption Services/McMahon Services for Children Program Run by: Good Shepherd Services Address:
7 West Burnside Avenue, 3rd Floor, Bronx, NY 10452
Contact Person: Mary Ellen McLaughlin Email:
maryellen_mclaughlin@goodshepherds.org Foster Boarding Home Program: Children are placed in safe, temporary foster care home while their birth parents receive counseling and supportive services. Children receive case management and medical, behavioral, and educational evaluations and services. Adoption Program: Children of all ages are adoptively placed, either with their foster parents or parents recruited from outside referrals and chosen on the basis of evaluation of their ability to provide a caring, nurturing home. Adolescent Services: A strength-based youth development program for adolescents, run by a multidisciplinary team including caseworkers, a vocational-education specialist, a nurse, a substance-abuse specialist, a Life Skills/Permanency Coordinator, and a Job and Career Specialist. Family Support Services: A range of services to the parents of the children in the program including substance abuse and domestic violence screenings and referrals, as well as guidance and support in achieving stable and secure housing. Parent Mentors, former FBH program participants who have successfully united with their children help to promote engagement and serve as role models for the parents. Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home: The Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home(TFBH) program provides intensive clinical services to children and adolescents with significant emotional and behavioral difficulties. Treatment parents receive additional training and support to provide the best care for these children, allowing many young people who might otherwise be placed in a hospital or Residential Treatment Center to remain within a family setting, as well as reducing disruptions in foster boarding home placements due to these difficulties. |
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