Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent
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Our Locations
3410 Healy Drive
Suite 201-H
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Phone: (336) 768-4136
Fax: (336) 768-0082
38 Garfield Street
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: (828) 236-2877
Fax: (828)236-9825
Professional Parenting is a program of:
This program for adolescent sex offenders is a unique service offering treatment foster care to a population of youth that would otherwise be sent to a residential facility. The program offers the structure and supervision necessary to maintain safety for the community, while providing the least restrictive environment possible.
Referrals to the program are made through mental health agencies or the Department of Social Services. This program offers services to adolescents who have been adjudicated for various sex offenses as well as adolescents who have demonstrated sexually abusive behavior, but have not been adjudicated.
Youth must be involved in outpatient treatment specifically designed for sexually abusive adolescents while living in the treatment foster home. This program is considered a Level II residential program and can be used as the first step in treatment or as a step down program.
Youth involved in the Buncombe County Juvenile Justice system may choose to receive Sex Offender treatment through our outpatient Sex Abuse Intervention program and those not involved in the Buncombe County Juvenile Justice system will be required to obtain outpatient treatment through other providers in the community. This program is funded through Medicaid and CMSED funds available for this population.
Program Components
- A nationally certified program model, The Teaching Family Model, that teaches children socially acceptable behaviors.
- Specially selected and trained treatment parents who are taught strategies for working with this population
- Weekly group sessions, both for the children and treatment parents
- Weekly in-home consultations by professional staff
- 24/7 program and telephone support
- Specialized respite services
- Monthly financial compensation
Referral Information
We accept referrals of children 13 and up who have demonstrated sexually abusive behaviors. Applicants do not need to be in the custody of the Department of Social Services. For more information about the referral process, call (828) 236-2877 or e-mail tammy.deitz@familyinnovations.org.
Becoming an Adolescent Intensive Professional Parent
In Asheville and the surrounding area for more information please call (828) 236-2877.
In the Winston-Salem/Greensboro area for more information please call (336) 768-4136.