Out-of-Home Care
Legacy offers out-of-home care in a variety of settings throughout N.J., with a goal of reunification whenever possible as well as learning new coping and life skills. These programs include therapeutic foster care and residential programs and provide trauma-informed treatment, case management and family interventions and education. We specialize in working with youth who have complex needs as a result of abuse, neglect, addictions and mental illness as well as youth who are victims of human trafficking and are aging out of care.
Therapeutic Foster Care
Sometimes children are unable to live at home or have been removed due to abuse and neglect issues. Legacy Treatment Services operates multiple programs that aim to achieve family reunification whenever possible through therapy, case management and parent education.
The Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) program is a community-based residential treatment program for youth who are unable to live with family due to issues of trauma.
Safe, stable homes are provided by community residents with services and supports provided by Legacy Treatment Services. These include therapy, psychiatric services, family involvement, therapeutic support programming and 24-hour emergency assistance.
Referrals to this program are only accepted from the statewide case management agency. For more information, please contact the program office below:
Elisa Read, 609-267-1550 ext. 3272 or eread@legacytreatment.org
Click here to learn more about becoming a Therapeutic Foster Care parent.
Community Residences for Children
Our Community Residences for Children serve youth age 10-19 with emotional challenges. In addition to housing, these five-bed homes provide highly structured programming including therapy, psychiatric services, recreation, life skills, education assistance and socialization. An interdisciplinary service team utilizes a variety of evidence-based practices to facilitate recovery so that youth can become healthy, contributing members of society. Residences are located in Burlington County, Camden County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Salem County and Somerset County.
Referrals are made through New Jersey’s Children’s System of Care. For more information, please call 609-267-1550. Ext. 3125.