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Major Projects
Since the mid-1980s, People
Places has been involved in scores of technical assistance
projects ranging from the individual agency to the
state-level. Those listed below included the full range of
consultation and training services described in our Technical
Assistance Model for treatment foster care (TFC)
program start-up.
- Missouri Division of
Family Services
,
1985-87. Assisted development of the State’s Behavioral
Foster Care program for children with emotional and
behavior disorders. Provided direct training to local
administrators, staff and therapeutic foster parents at
seven sites as well as organization design consultation to
state-level planners.
- Nebraska Department of
Social Services
,
1986. Assisted State planners’ design of 3 pilot TFC
sites and provided direct training to staff and
therapeutic parents in Omaha, Lincoln and North Platte.
- Cumberland County, NC
Community Mental Health Center
,
1985-87. Assisted development of a model TFC program in
Fayetteville, NC, later adapted by the Fort Bragg System
of Care Project.
- New York State Office of
Mental Health
,
1988-91. Assisted design and start-up of a model statewide
TFC program serving severely emotionally disturbed
children and youth as an alternative to /step-down from
State Psychiatric Centers. Provided direct training to the
first 7 sites and developed a site-based database for
program administration and evaluation.
- New York State Mental
Hygiene Research Foundation
,
1991-92. Assisted design and review of major NIMH-funded
study comparing outcomes for matched sample of SED youth
served either through intensive home-based services or
treatment foster care.
- Dallas County DMHMR,
1991-94.
Assisted design and start-up of a public sector TFC
program serving children and youth with serious emotional
disturbance. Provided direct training to initial
administrative and line staff and to therapeutic foster
parent applicants. Provided follow up consultation over a
three–year period.
- New York State Department
of Social Services/OCFS
,
1992-present. Assisted the development of a network of 40
therapeutic foster care programs statewide, providing
direct technical assistance and consultation to each site
initially and on an ongoing basis. Provided consultation
to state, regional and local public planners, to private
provider program developers and on-site training to TFC
staff and therapeutic foster parents throughout the state.
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