Gift of a New Family – Therapeutic Foster and Emergency Shelter Care
On Christmas morning, after the last gift had been opened, Monica*, Ella’s foster mom, handed Ella an envelope. Ella opened it and read the inserted card, her eyes immediately filling with tears.
Our Agency
The Family Care Network is a private, nonprofit children and families services provider established in 1987 with the sole purpose of creating family-based treatment programs as an alternative to group home or institutional care for children and youth. In it’s 20+ year history, the agency has grown to serve over 2,000 children, youth and families annually in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties through 17 distinct programs designed to strengthen and preserve families and individuals.
2008/09 Year-in-Review
The Family Care Network's programs served 1,803 children, youth and families:
| Emergency Shelter Care | 373 |
| Therapeutic Foster Care | 183 |
| Intensive Foster Care | 23 |
| Wraparound Foster Care | 18 |
| Crisis Stabilization Foster Care | 19 |
| Transitional Housing | 91 |
| Familia de Novo (Wraparound) | 79 |
| Mental Health Services Act | 56 |
| Therapeutic Behavioral Service | 74 |
| Intensive Community Diversion | 74 |
| Community School Counseling | 344 |
| School-Based Mental Health | 51 |
| Outpatient Counseling | 22 |
| Mentor/Intern Program | 26 |
| Educational Services | 370 |
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