CHD Foster Care provides a variety of models to meet the needs of children entering the foster care system. All of CHD's foster care programs provide therapeutic services and supports in a family-based placement.
The programs receive referrals for children and youth who are transitioning from a residential/group home level of care, discharging from a hospital setting or from state care, or who are new to state care. With the appropriate match and program strengths, safety planning and supports, children with fire-setting, sexual offending and sexual reactive behaviors, trauma, or various medical needs may be placed into a CHD Foster Care setting.
CHD offers a variety of foster care placement situations, including both short-term and long-term overnight care, emergency placements, a 90-day diagnostic program, placement for children with special medical needs, and a homefinding service that works with CHD caseworkers to find and maintain a stable supply of families to house children in all of CHD's Foster Care programs. Additionally, we provide a higher level of care within in the foster care continuum called "intensive foster care" or IFC.
For more information, contact Jim Williams at (413) 781-6556 or jwilliams@chd.org.
If you are interested in becoming a Foster Parent, please contact Chris Cradock at (413) 781-6556 or ccradock@chd.org.