Foster Care

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:45:03 -0600

The Foster Care service office hours of operation:

9:00 am to 5:00 pm M-F
24 hour on-call emergency services

Target Population: Children who are in need of temporary or permanent out of home placement due to neglect, delinquency or shelter and who require foster care, and shelter respite services.

Service Area: Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle Counties

For more information please call
in Alpena Direct Program # (989) 356-4048 Toll free # (800) 779-0396 Main Agency # (989) 356-4567

Foster Care About

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:17:23 -0500

Sometimes family situations are such that it is in the best interest of all family members for children to be temporarily placed in a foster home to receive day-to-day care, affection and security. Foster care parents work as part of a professional team by providing a family living situation and implementing a treatment plan developed by the child's treatment team. The plan lists the requirements for all involved parties with the focus for returning children to their home.

We designed the Child & Family Services foster care program for children who have been removed from their homes due to abusive circumstances and/or delinquency. They can be placed in a regular
or intensive foster care home. Children in our care often have behavioral and/or emotional problems and need extra support and attention. We provide a wide range of services to these children, their families and their foster care parents.

Children and teenagers are referred for a number of reasons by The Family Independence Agency or the Family Courts. The children may have been neglected, abused or delinquent. All children in foster
care need a loving and sensitive foster family committed to helping them through a difficult time.

The treatment team develops a treatment plan for all parties involved. The plan lists all the necessary requirementswith a focus on returning the children to their home. In some cases, the court
may terminate the parents rights because returning the child home may not be in the childs best interest. In this case a foster care worker would work with the adoption worker to place the child in an appropriate adoptive home. more

Shelter Care

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:05:27 -0600

A few foster homes may also provide shelter beds to children in need of emergency, temporary placement.
For more information please call

Direct Program # (989) 356-4048 Toll free # (800) 779-0396 Main Agency # (989) 356-4567

Intensive Foster Care

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:03:17 -0600

Intensive foster care is a program of temporary foster placement for children who have been identified as needing out-of-home care.

Foster Parents Needed!

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:56:39 -0600

Child & Family Services of Northeast Michigan, Inc. has a need for foster families who have a genuine desire to spend extra time and effort with children who have problems.

Foster Parents

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:54:57 -0600

Our Foster Parents

have a natural love for children and teenagers
have the ability to appreciate the uniqueness of each child and love them unconditionally

More About Foster Care

admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:48:13 -0600

Foster Care

The Child Welfare Program of Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan provides the specialized service of foster care for children and adolescents. The foster care program is designed for children who have been removed from their home due to abusive/neglectful circumstances and/or delinquency.

The children are placed in either a regular or intensive foster care setting, depending on their emotional, behavioral or physical needs, as well as the level of foster family and casework intervention necessary to the childs individual treatment plan. Children in this program usually demonstrate emotional and behavioral problems that require extra support and intervention. This program provides a wide range of services to these children and their biological families, as well as to the foster families who care for the children. Referrals to the foster care program usually originate with the local Family Independence Agencies and Juvenile Courts in our service area.

Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan is licensed by the State of Michigan to provide these foster care services to children, as well as license the foster homes in which the children are placed.

We provide these services on a contractual basis with the State of Michigan and are subsidized through funding from the state. If no appropriate openings are available at the time the child is referred, then the child can be placed on a waiting list, or can be referred to another agency.