We at Penny Lane Centers offer many services that help youth in need with supportive services that may include mental health, behavior modification, temporary foster care and independent living skills. One of our newest and most crucial programs is Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care better known as MTFC. The MTFC program is an evidence-based program designed to provide a temporary home to adolescent youth ages 12 to 17 that are in need of assistance with reunifying with their families of origin. It is our goal at Penny Lane to provide these youth with equipped foster parents who are able to best meet their needs.
The MTFC program is comprised of a treatment team that surrounds the foster parents and the youth to ensure their needs are being met. Within the program each youth is provided therapeutic services to assist them in meeting their goals. The program supervisor oversees each treatment team member to ensure that key behaviors are being targeted to improve those behaviors that are standing in the youth’s way of success. We are also committed to the support of our foster parents. The MTFC program supervisor is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week for all foster parent questions, concerns, and possible crisis. The on call system is designed to provide foster parents with reliable support to deal with adolescent behaviors.
Youth who participate in this program find themselves feeling more confident and supported overall by the adults in their lives. Through the use of the MTFC program we are able to provide children with supportive and caring adults who can assist them in navigating such a complex time in their lives.
Penny Lane Centers is seeking positive, supportive, and caring adults who want to work with youth and give back to their community in a unique way. MTFC foster parents are made up of all types of individuals and families. We provide weekly foster parent meetings to cultivate a supportive environment of sharing and camaraderie. Becoming a foster parent is a unique experience that will prove to be rewarding.
For more information please contact Dominique A Jeffery via email: djeffery@pennylane.org.