When you are posed with extreme challenges, it may be necessary to place your child in our Therapeutic Foster Care program. This doesn’t mean surrendering your child to the state to be put “in the system” (although we also work with children from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services). It simply means your child needs more intensive treatment. Therapeutic foster care is considered the least restrictive form of out-of-home therapeutic placement for children with severe emotional disorders. Care is delivered in private homes with foster parents we train. It is often one of the most effective ways to treat severe emotional and behavioral disorders so that your child can return to your home.

Since 1998, Centerstone Family Centered Services has been providing safe, supportive and culturally sensitive foster homes which meet the emotional, physical, and social needs of our clients. At Centerstone, foster care is viewed as a temporary, stepping-stone solution to help a child reach permanency. Permanency means a child finds their forever home, either by reuniting with their birth families or are prepared for transition to adult living.

We provide excellent service and support not only to the youth that are in our program but also to the families that care for them. Support is available in the form of case managers and in-home therapists who are available to support children and foster parents 24/7. All our foster parents receive extensive training, and we provide continuing education for our families.

Centerstone Therapeutic Foster Care serves youth and families in Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, Dekalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hamilton, Hickman, Houston, Humphries, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Marshall, Maury, McMinn, Meigs, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Robertson, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson Counties.

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