Concern-Professional Services For Children Youth And Families

Foster care/adoption and permanency: traditional foster care provides out of home foster care to youth who have been neglected, abused and/or delinquent. The service includes case management and foster parent(s) who provide the child/youth with a family environment and resources they need to be enriched and grow. Traditional foster care aims to surround the child/youth with a nurturing and stable family environment. The child/youth is provided with experiences and activities that are typical of more traditional family life. Intensive foster care is a service for children and youth whose special needs cannot be met in their own families and therefore requires outofhome placement. Concern's specially trained foster parents create a family environment that focuses on treatment that enhances the child's opportunities for more normalized daily living experiences. Children in this program may exhibit significant behavioral problems, and/or varying degrees of social or emotional dysfunction.intermediate treatment foster care provides out-of-home placement services for children and youth who generally do not require more intensive interventions such as behavioral health services. Medical level foster care provides homes for children with acute physical disabilities as an alternative to hospitalization or institutionalization. Concern identifies particularly foster parents who are capable of meeting the child's special needs and who are trained in the specific medical condition(s) of the child. This program is referred to as medically fragile foster care in the state of maryland.foster to adopt and adoption programs are designed to improve permanency outcomes for children in the foster care setting. As an adoption agency licensed by the pennsylvania department of human services and affiliated with the statewide adoption and permanency network (swan), concern is committed to helping children find a permanent family they can call their own. Our staff works with families who wish to adopt their foster child or a child placed through a kinship placement. Mother/infant foster care is designed to provide support to an adolescent or expectant mother in her efforts to develop a good parent/child relationship, while focusing on the competencies of parenting skills, child development, and independent living.the foster care program served approximately 280 clients and the adoption and permanency program served approximately 325 clients.

Residential services:concern treatment unit for boys (ctub) are staffsecure, treatment-oriented facilities for adolescent males.the goal of this program is to change the mindsets and behavior patterns of the youth so they will be able to function appropriately in society and return to the community as healthy, productive citizens. The program provides daily opportunities for emotional, social, educational, and physical growth. This not only minimizes the likelihood of continued negative behavior, but also prepares the youth for responsible social living.the residential program served approximately 55 clients.

Community based services