Therapeutic Foster Program is a therapeutic community living program for seriously emotionally disturbed children and youth providing a residential placement with professional foster parents who are recruited and trained by program staff. The children attend community schools and fully participate in community living activities with mental health services provided by staff. The professional parents receive ongoing training, close support and crisis services through the program. Twenty treatment slots are available in our treatment foster care homes located in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties.

What is The Family Corner?

The Therapeutic Foster Program provides Treatment Foster Care to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed youth and their families in our community.


Who Do We Serve?

Seriously Emotionally Disturbed children and youth (4 - 12 years old) who require individual intensive treatment and have the potential to function in the community and within a family setting.


How Can I Help A Child?

To find out how you can become involved as a treatment foster or respite parent, click here.


Our Goals

• To provide comprehensive treatment for severely emotionally disturbed children in the least restrictive setting


• To provide our youth with a caring and nurturing home which is able to meet their mental health needs while working with the child’s family to decrease family conflict and behavioral problems


• To decrease the number of children placed in institutional or residential settings


• To provide community based treatment rather than sending children away from their local area


• To facilitate and enhance contact with their families or other important persons in the child’s life


• To facilitate coordination of all community and mental health services provided to the child and his/her family


• To provide a significant financial savings for the county

How Do I Find Out More?

If you are interested in more information on our Therapeutic Foster Program, please contact Robin Klemick at (518) 561-8815 or email: rklemick@bhsn.org