PARENT SUPPORT SERVICES

CHOICES, Inc. is committed to supporting the foster parents that care for foster youth. Some of the support services that CHOICES provides include:

• Case Management services—links to community resources – CHOICES, inc. Social Workers and Case Manager’s work diligently to insure that all of the youth’s needs are being met and foster parents have the resources necessary to support the children placed in their homes. We work cooperatively with agencies including county public child welfare, juvenile court, local schools, hospitals and counseling centers to provide the best possible services to our foster youth.
• Crisis counseling—available 24/7 – All the Foster Care Program staff including Social Workers, Program Managers, Program Coordinators and the Executive Director are available for crisis assistance 24/7. Each foster parent is provided a directory with contact information for all the staff so they can reach someone when needed.
• Assistance with behavior management techniques through in-home visits – CHOICES, Inc. workers visit the foster youth and foster families a minimum of three times a month and provide outstanding support to both the parents and the youth. Because working with special needs children can be very challenging, our staff are prepared to offer a wide range of behavior modification techniques designed to help children change behavior, provide intervention tips, connect youth with needed services, and problem solve with families in order to keep them healthy and strong.
• Ongoing training for foster caregivers – CHOICES, Inc. offers an extensive on-going training program to support our foster families. Specialists are brought in from all over the state of Ohio to share their expertise on a wide variety of topics important to our foster families.
• Daily board rate to reimburse expenses associated with caring for a foster youth – While caring and providing for foster youth can be costly, CHOICES, Inc provides a daily per diem rate to our foster families for each of the children placed in their home. This payment is not taxable, it is not income, but designed solely to reimburse our families for the cost of caring for the youth. The daily per diem rate is determined by the specific age and special needs of each child. Please know however, that our parents always receive more than enough to provide for all of the needs of the youth they take into their homes.