People Places is a Virginia-based non-profit child welfare agency created to make healthy family living possible for troubled children who have been removed from their own homes. Our core service is therapeutic foster care, a program we helped pioneer and have continued to help improve locally and throughout the U.S. and Canada since 1973.

     Today, we offer an array of services to further our mission including supported adoption, group and individual counseling, Pygmalion School and independent living assistance. We are active in providing technical assistance, training and program materials to sister agencies throughout North America.

Important news:

•      FFTA Paper - "Treatment Foster Care: A cost-effective strategy for Treatment of Children with emotional, behavioral or medical needs"  by  Brad Bryant  (Adobe Acrobat reader is required. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat)

•      Faces of Virginia is an excellent resource for TFC staff and foster parents alike. Established by the Virginia Department of Social Services, it contains resources to support foster, adoptive, and kinship parents throughout the Commonwealth.

•      People Places of Charlottesville is grateful to our local community for the overwhelming success of: The Creative Fabric That Binds Us: Speaking Our Inner Experience Through Art. This=Art Show featured amazing works of art by local artists: wonderful children who are connected with the Foster Care system in our communities and our talented colleague, Trudi Goodwin, MS, Art Therapy. A Reception was held on May 21, 2009 at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center (located at Charlottesville High School), 1400 Melbourne Road Charlottesville. The remaining art is on display at the MLK Center through June 8. Thanks to the support of our community we were able to raise over $5,500, to benefit the COACH Program. If you are interested in purchasing any remaining artwork, or would like more information about COACH, please contact Linda Currence at 434-979-0335.