What is PHILLIPS Teaching Homes ?
- A therapeutic foster care & adoption program
- "Teaching Parents" are approved foster
& adoptive parents who receive intensive, on-going training to care for
children with special needs
- Children learn effective self-control, communication, responsibility and
"life-care" skills
- Case manager provides on-going support &
services to the foster family
Services Provided
- Treatment Foster Care: Levels- Regular,
Intensive, Teen Parent
- Foster/Adoptive Parent Training
- Case Management
- Respite Care: In and Out of Program
- Adoption Services
- Independent Living Support
- After Care Case Management Services
- Homes Study Certification
Children served
- Children involved in the child welfare
system
- Children at-risk of out-of-home placement
with behavior problems
- Children who may also be emotionally disturbed and/or learning disabled
requiring special education services
- Children from birth to age 21 at time of
placement
Accreditation
- Licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Social Services to provide foster care, adoption and respite
care services
- Licensed by the Maryland Department of Human
Resources
- Licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Social Services to provide Adoption Services
- Member of the Virginia Association for
Licensed Child Placing Agencies
- Member of the Foster
Family-Based Treatment Association
To make a referral
Learn how to become Teaching Parent
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