Treatment Foster Care Oregon
Kids should live in homes, not institutions.
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Our Services
Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) was developed as an alternative to institutional, residential, and group care placements for children and youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Multiple randomized trials confirm a number of positive results.
The model is tailored to the unique developmental needs of children from ages 7 to 17 years.
TFCO was formerly known as Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC).
Childhood
Referrals are typically received from child welfare and mental health case workers. Children referred to TFCO-C are between the ages of 7 and 11 and in need of an out-of-home placement due to serious emotional, behavioral or mental health problems.
Adolescents
Placements in TFCO for adolescents are typically 9 months in length and rely on intensive, well-coordinated, multi-method interventions conducted in the TFCO home, with the youth’s discharge home, and with the youth in the community including academic support.
Why TFCO?
The two main goals of TFCO are to create opportunities for youth to successfully live in a family setting and to simultaneously help parents (or other long-term family resource) provide effective parenting.
TFCO focuses on five key areas: (1) a consistent, reinforcing environment with mentoring and encouragement; (2) daily structure with clear expectations and specific consequences; (3) a high level of youth supervision; (4) limited access to problem peers along with access to prosocial peers; and (5) an environment that supports daily school attendance and homework completion.
Consistent Reinforcing Environment
Daily Structure
Supervision
Promote Prosocial Peers
TRUSTED
Endorsements
- Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy: TOP TIER
- Crime Solutions: EFFECTIVE
- SAMHSA: 2.8-3.1
- Blueprints: MODEL
- OJJDP Model Programs: EFFECTIVE
RESPONSIBLE USE OF FUNDS
Cost Effectiveness
“TFCO costs are lower when compared to the fees set by secure residential care, but slightly higher than the rates of residential homes, assuming that the care times for the different settings are the same. Considering the longterm effects, TFCO is more cost-effective than both types of residential care mentioned above.”
— SBU • Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services – www.SBU.se
EVIDENCE BASED
Science Matters
With a strong focus on evidence-based interventions, government and philanthropic spending can successfully address poverty, educational failure, violence, drug abuse, and other critical problems.
— Washington State Institute for Public Policy http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/BenefitCost/Program/20
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BENEFIT/COST RATIO
90%
CHANCE PROGRAM WILL PRODUCE BENEFITS GREATER THAN COST
RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS
TFCO Has Proven To:
- Prevent or reduce the number of days in institutional or residential settings
- Prevent the escalation of delinquency, youth violence and pregnancy
- Increase positive academic engagement
- Reduce placement disruptions
- Increase attachment
- Improve brain stress regulatory systems
Locations
Global Reach
John Aarons, M.S.
President, TFC Consultants, Inc.
541-343-2388
Trina McCartney
Supervisor of Clinical and Implementation Services, TFC Consultants, Inc.
541-803-8976
Main Office Contact
(541) 343-2388
12 Shelton McMurphey Blvd., Eugene, Oregon 97401
Why Us
- Individual Services
- Custom Implementations
- Evidence Based Results
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“… (TFCO) has been rigorously studied and proven to help children 12-18 years of age that have high needs or as an alternative to residential care. ….”
Savio House
TFCO is proud to be recognized by these organizations for our research, holding the highest standards for evidentiary-based models and programs. Click each logo to learn more.
