Youth Services : Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)

MTFC is a behavioral treatment alternative to residential placement for adolescents who have problems with chronic anti-social behavior, emotional disturbance and delinquency. Youth are placed individually in a family setting for six to nine months. MTFC provides parent training and other services to the biological families of treated youths, helping to improve family relationships and reduce delinquency when youths return to their homes. Community families are recruited, trained and supported to provide well-supervised placements and treatment. MTFC parents are a part of the treatment team along with program staff. The goal of the MTFC program is to decrease problem behavior and to increase developmentally appropriate normative and pro-social behavior in children and adolescents who are in need of out-of-home placement.