COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC

Out of home care - children who are removed from their parents due to severe abuse, neglect, or abandonment must be placed in an out-of-home placement. The placement could be with a relative or a non-relative if one is available. If there are no suitable placements with relatives/non-relatives, then a licensed foster care placement is found. The foster care program provides temporary, out-of-home placement for children who have been abused/neglected or abandoned, and there is no relative/non-relative identified or approved for placement.community partnership for children sub contracts with child placing agencies (cpas) for the recruitment, licensing, management, and retention of the agency's foster homes.additional sub contracts provide residential group care for children, teen girl and teen boys, a sibiling foster program, and an emergency shelter.number of clients served - approximately 894

Other program services include the independent living program; prevention & diversion services; promoting safe and stable families; and training services for case managers, foster parents, and adoptive families.