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Harlem Dowling maintains over 300 Foster Boarding Homes in
the boroughs of Queens and Manhattan. Nearly 11% of that
population resides within Therapeutic
Foster Boarding Homes (TFBH).
Contracted by the Administration for Children’s Services,
Harlem Dowling hosts one of the largest capacity TFBH in the
City of New York.
TFBH provides a structural, family environment for youth
with severe emotional and/or behavioral needs, who might
otherwise be placed in a more restrictive setting.
Program Benefits
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Prevents institutionalization
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Achieves the maximum amount of
normalization in a child’s life
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Shortens hospital stays
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Reduces burden of youth violence
on communities
Treatment
Team
- Foster
Parents undergo additional specialized therapeutic
training to address the needs of severely emotional
disturbed and behavioral challenged youth.
- In
efforts to address the specific needs of each family,
Social workers along with socio therapists provide
weekly, in-home care and case management services to
complement the work done by the foster parents.
- Clinical
and Therapeutic support is available 24 hrs/7days a week
to youth and parents.
- Trained
parents and staff provide respite care: Temporary,
short-term, out-of-home care essential to family
support, which relieves parents from the strain of a
daily routine.
With the support of the TFBH Treatment team, youth are
encouraged to mature and further develop in a more nurturing
and therapeutic home.
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