Helping kids realize their potential
Foster Group Care
“There is no such thing as other people’s children.”
An important sign of strength in a community is the way it cares for the most vulnerable in its midst, and it is in this same spirit that Family Resources cares for, serves, and supports the children in our Foster Group Care program.
The children in these programs are survivors. They are resilient. And in all of the ways that matter, they are doing the best they can with the tools they’ve been given. And so we make it our mission to give them better tools to build a strong foundation for life.
We walk alongside these kids and help to get them back on track. In our care, they develop the behavioral habits necessary to return home or to a lower level of care. This begins by maintaining an environment that provides for their safety, security, care and well-being. When a past resident becomes a good neighbor, family member, parent, and citizen, then we know we have achieved what we set out to accomplish.
Vision
An environment that challenges and empowers.
Mission
To create an empowering environment that challenges others to realize their potential and make responsible choices by believing in:
Supporting one another
Emphasizing strengths and solutions
Linking resources
Fostering teamwork
+ Bridge House
+ Leslie Program
+ SUMMIT Program
Family Resources gave me a
chance
Want to learn more?
Contact Stephanie Hernandez at 563-468-2130 or complete the form below.
Residential Treatment Methodology
The role of Residential Counselors is to provide behavioral management for problematic behaviors while focusing on assisting the young person in learning, applying, and realizing the motivation necessary to exhibit social skills and healthy emotional coping. Residential Counselors are hyper-vigilant, so they can catch kids doing well and then reinforce this at a ratio of at least four times for every response cost given to a child. Individual and group therapists assist the young person in developing healthy thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and perceptions as well as working through troubling emotional and mental conflicts and events.
Best practice approaches are utilized with the specialized treatment populations:
TruThought with youth exhibiting irresponsible thought patterns
Aggressive Replacement Training (ART) model to alter the behavior of aggressive youth, reduce anti-social behaviors, and offer an alternative of pro-social skills
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treatment is a strength based model of cognitive-behavioral therapy that teaches clients how to manage overwhelming emotions and handle distress without losing control
Intra-agency (i.e. Rape Sexual Assault Program, Domestic Violence Program) and inter-agency (i.e. psychiatric consultation through Vera French, Center for Drug and Alcohol Services) resources are incorporated into a child's treatment to help fill gaps in services not available directly by the residential programs.
Finally, but most importantly, the child's family and others important to them remain a significant part of their life through visits, phone calls, re-integration activities, collaboration, and family therapy.
