Treatment Foster Care & Adoption Services

Aldea is committed to providing children the opportunity to live and thrive in safe, stable permanent homes. Through Treatment Foster Care (TFC) and Adoption Services, Aldea places youth with certified foster families, provides ongoing foster child and family support, and facilitates adoption when biological parents or relatives are unable to provide a safe home.

Emergency Placement, Intensive Treatment and Treatment Foster Care (TFC)

Aldea offers a foster care model that provides individualized, intensive treatment for foster children with serious medical, psychological, and behavioral needs who would otherwise be placed institutional settings.

When county agencies remove children from their biological families because the children’s safety is at risk, Aldea may be asked to place the children with certified foster families. Aldea provides emergency, intensive treatment and treatment foster care placement and services, which consist of:

Ongoing clinical assessment and treatment
Individual, group and family psychotherapy
Psychiatry, including medication management
Weekly home supervision and support
Mentoring and in-home support counseling
24-hour on-call support
Supervised visits and reunification with, and support for, biological families
Respite care
Support for children transitioning out of Aldea foster care services

Eligibility

Youth referred by the government agencies of Child Protective Services, Juvenile Probation, Mental Health Services, and the Adoptions Assistance Program

Service Inquiries:
Krystal Johnson, Program Director
(707) 557-4560

Foster Parent Certification

Aldea recruits, trains, certifies and supports foster parents. To learn how to become a foster parent, please click here and check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Foster Parenting.

Adoption Services

Aldea encourages both prospective and certified foster parents to consider adoption because sometimes foster children are unable to live permanently with their biological parents or relatives. Aldea recruits and trains prospective adoptive parents, helps match children and prospective adoptive families, and provides counseling and support for both the children and adoptive families. Learn more by reading our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Adoption.

To talk with Aldea staff about how to become a foster or prospective adoptive parent, contact:

Roger Skillin
Certification Specialist/Clinical Social Worker
(707) 557-4560

Transitional Housing Placement + Foster Care (THP+FC)

Aldea’s THP+FC empowers youth (ages 18-21) formerly in foster care to successfully transition from out-of-home placements to independent living. For up to 24 months, participants receive housing assistance and mental health and support services, including help securing and maintaining employment, finding housing and developing healthy relationships.

Youth aging out of foster care face many barriers to housing because they are significantly more likely to drop out of school, be involved in the juvenile justice system, struggle with employment, and experience mental illness. These challenges can be compounded by insufficient child welfare system resources and a lack of affordable housing.

To help transition-age youth overcome these obstacles, the Aldea THP+FC program requires tenants to pay a portion of their utility bills, be employed or enrolled in school, and meet regularly with a case worker to demonstrate progress made toward personal goals.