Therapeutic Foster Care Fundraiser Thursday

The Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center’s Therapeutic Foster Care program --providing love, nurture, and healing to children in need -- will take place at Hopkin's Icehouse Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Tickets are just $25 and include a meal, two drinks, and live entertainment by “Tell Bodine.” The event will benefit the Therapeutic Foster Care program, which serves children between the ages of 3 and 18 who are emotionally and/or behaviorally disturbed.

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) caters to the physical, emotional and social needs of children and youths in a supportive family setting until the natural family can be reunited or a permanent placement through adoption can be arranged.

The foster household is viewed as the primary treatment setting, and the foster parent(s) are trained and supported to implement the goals outlined in the child’s treatment plan. These goals include:

Community integration.

Meeting the medical needs of the children.

Eliminating inappropriate behaviors.

Supporting the child's educational needs.

These goals are carried out under the direction of a treatment team assigned to each child. The team is made up of the foster parent, or parents, therapeutic case manager, individual treatment aide, the child and his/her family, the state social worker and other community resource professionals for the child. Support from all of the team members allows the child to benefit from a home environment and community-based setting while receiving intensive treatment and clinical services.

The Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center would love the community to join them and help support the healing of children in our community.

For more information, please call: Van Hall, LCSW: 870-773-4655 ext. 2402, Jesse Bodine: 903-824-0975 or Toni Hagins: 903-824-2027.