Treatment Foster Care Oregon

Kids should live in homes, not institutions.

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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 3 to 17 years.

TFCO was formerly known as Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC).

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

Support School Success

Trusted

Endorsements

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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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

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Contact John or Rena to see how TFCO can help you.

(541) 870-9015 – Cell
(541) 343-2388 – Ext. 1

(541) 343-2388 – Ext. 2

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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. ...."

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