TFC home definition

TFC home means an agency-supervised, private family home in which foster parents have been trained to provide individualized, structured services in a safe, nurturing family-living environment. The children receiving services in this setting have moderate behavioral and emotional health needs, and may also present secondary physical, developmental, intellectual, and/or social disorder that is supported alongside the mental health needs. TFC homes are considered the least restrictive out-of-home placement for these children. (3) "Therapeutic foster care (TFC) model" means a model in which children in the TFC environment receive increased individualized behavioral health and other support services from qualified staff. Because TFC members require exceptional levels of skill, time, and supervision, the number of unrelated children placed per home is limited; no more than two (2) TFC members may be placed in a home at any one (1) time unless additional cases are specifically authorized by Child Welfare Services (CWS) of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), or Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA).
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Examples of TFC home in a sentence

  • DHS reports 548 approved TFCs on July 1, 2013 and 547 approved TFCs on December 31, 2013, for a net loss of one TFC home during the first half of SFY14.

  • As noted in previous Commentaries, DHS undertook efforts to address concerns regarding a disproportionately high rate of children maltreated while placed in a TFC home during the period of October 2015 through September 2016.

  • Of the 280 TFC homes open on July 1, 2017, 140 were no longer open on January 1, 2018, resulting in a TFC home closure rate of 50 percent for the fiscal year.

  • The Co-Neutrals have approved for SFY19 DHS’ request to count toward the new TFC home target any traditional ▇▇▇▇▇▇ home that successfully completed the requirements to become a TFC home.

  • For the 12-month period that ended March 2017, DHS reported a positive decline in the rate of maltreatment of children placed in TFC homes, decreasing from 9.51 percent (18 child victims) to 5.34 percent (nine victims), which is based on the total number of days children were placed in a TFC home.

  • As a result, with respect to recruiting and retaining TFC homes, DHS has been unable to meet its annual Target Outcomes for new TFC home development and net gains during this reform effort.

  • The Co-Neutrals accepted DHS’ proposed Target Outcome for new TFC home development for SFY18, which was set at 138.

  • DHS has noted the primary reasons OHCA denies TFC authorization requests include a child having an intellectual disability that does not meet the TFC authorization criteria or a child having behavioral challenges and needs that are too acute to be met in a TFC home.

  • The measure or measures will include the number of DCS children in therapeutic ▇▇▇▇▇▇ homes; the number of licensed therapeutic ▇▇▇▇▇▇ homes and licensed and available beds; the number of children for whom TFC has been authorized but who have not been placed in a TFC home, and the average duration from when the CFT recommended placement in a TFC home until the first day the child is placed in a TFC home.

  • In order for a traditional ▇▇▇▇▇▇ home to become a TFC resource, the family must complete every step required of any new family seeking to become a TFC home.