The School • Substitute/Foster Care • Public School-Based Services ("Backpack")

Programs: Substitute Care

What does transition into and out of a foster home look like at Laraway?

Moving between multiple foster and residential placements can create uncertainty for a young person. Our case managers play a key role in helping kids trust again by getting to know the child, gathering information, and finding the most appropriate match for a foster home. Our clinical team reviews files to insure all his or her needs can be met in the program. Cooking, hiking or fishing with a mentor provides the chance to spend time in community settings to work on treatment goals such as social skills or anger management, and to have some fun.

Laraway’s Substitute Care program, licensed by the Vermont Department of Children and Families, offers therapeutic foster care to youth from throughout Vermont. We strive to make the transition from residential programs or other fosters as smooth as possible for our kids. Clinically trained staff members collaborate with our foster parents to support children and adolescents experiencing challenges that make it difficult for them to reside with their birth families. Substitute Care staff provide 24-hour, 365-days a year crisis support via telephone or in person if any challenges and/or crises occur in the child’s home, school or community. From day one, our staff work with the child to identify transition goals. As the child experiences successes in the foster home, school and community, steps are taken to move towards goals which may include reunification with the biological family or transition to an adoptive home or independent living.

You can contact us via email for more information about our Substitute Care Program: info@laraway.org