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How Can I Help?
FOSTER CARE: Foster Care is the temporary care in your home for a youth who has been removed from his/her home due to dependency. The goal for most foster children is to return to their parent(s) when the circumstances that led to the foster placement have been resolved.
RESPITE CARE: Respite Care is very short-term care of a child who already has a full-time foster placement. You would help foster parents by caring for a child in your home or the home of the foster parent, for a few hours to a few days.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: There are many activities available, such as: tutoring, organizing donation drives, sponsoring events, etc. Foster Families need a variety of volunteer supports.
Opening Your Home and Your Heart to Youth in Need
The best place for any youth is with their families. However, sometimes there are unfortunate circumstances that require youth to be moved into a foster home.
SHARP Counselors will work with the youth's biological family to help parents make necessary changes. Youth in need of foster homes range in age from 13 to 17 years of age and come from all racial and ethnic groups. Some children have special education needs and many require special support to catch up both educationally and socially with their peers. By welcoming a youth into your home and showing them support & guidance, you are giving them a gift that will benefit them for the rest of his/her life. Most youth are returned to their families within 6 to 8 months.
What is the Safe Harbor Adolescent Recovery program?
It is a court-administered adolescent substance abuse treatment program here in Michigan that offer all phases of treatment: stabilization, assessment, treatment and transition services, as well as, meeting education requirements from one location.
For the past 16 years, Charlevoix County Probate & Family Court has successfully provided adolescent substance abuse program services for over 52 counties throughout the state.
Based on research findings and the youth self-reporting, results reveal that many teenagers abusing substances are also struggling with unresolved traumatic stress and emotional issues, which frequently and directly contributes to their substance abuse.
This newly enhanced program will address the deficit in traditional substance abuse programs that left emotional, mental and traumatic stress issues unaddressed and, therefore, unresolved.
The adolescents are placed in court licensed and supervised homes. Our foster parents are trained in the issues of adolescent substance abuse and trauma-informed care.
FOSTER CARE: Foster Care is the temporary care in your home for a youth who has been removed from his/her home due to dependency. The goal for most foster children is to return to their parent(s) when the circumstances that led to the foster placement have been resolved.
RESPITE CARE: Respite Care is very short-term care of a child who already has a full-time foster placement. You would help foster parents by caring for a child in your home or the home of the foster parent, for a few hours to a few days.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: There are many activities available, such as: tutoring, organizing donation drives, sponsoring events, etc. Foster Families need a variety of volunteer supports.
Opening Your Home and Your Heart to Youth in Need
The best place for any youth is with their families. However, sometimes there are unfortunate circumstances that require youth to be moved into a foster home.
SHARP Counselors will work with the youth's biological family to help parents make necessary changes. Youth in need of foster homes range in age from 13 to 17 years of age and come from all racial and ethnic groups. Some children have special education needs and many require special support to catch up both educationally and socially with their peers. By welcoming a youth into your home and showing them support & guidance, you are giving them a gift that will benefit them for the rest of his/her life. Most youth are returned to their families within 6 to 8 months.
What is the Safe Harbor Adolescent Recovery program?
It is a court-administered adolescent substance abuse treatment program here in Michigan that offer all phases of treatment: stabilization, assessment, treatment and transition services, as well as, meeting education requirements from one location.
For the past 16 years, Charlevoix County Probate & Family Court has successfully provided adolescent substance abuse program services for over 52 counties throughout the state.
Based on research findings and the youth self-reporting, results reveal that many teenagers abusing substances are also struggling with unresolved traumatic stress and emotional issues, which frequently and directly contributes to their substance abuse.
This newly enhanced program will address the deficit in traditional substance abuse programs that left emotional, mental and traumatic stress issues unaddressed and, therefore, unresolved.
The adolescents are placed in court licensed and supervised homes. Our foster parents are trained in the issues of adolescent substance abuse and trauma-informed care.
One of the distinct differences between Safe Harbor and other treatment programs, is the use of our highly trained foster care parents who have expertise in the area of adolescence in recovery. Each home operator takes great pride in opening their homes and hearts to the youth they work with. Prior to placing a young person, much care and consideration goes into matching the needs of the youth with the strengths of the foster parents.
Safe Harbor foster homes are located in or near Charlevoix County, Michigan, and are licensed to serve four to six youth each. These facilities are licensed by The State of Michigan Bureau of Regulatory Services as foster family homes and foster family group homes. The youth served by these homes must possess at least minimal behavior controls in order to function in an open setting in a residential area of the local community. Youth most effectively served by the foster homes have experienced substance abuse or behavioral and relationship problems in their homes, schools, and/or their communities. Youth requiring foster care, but not the services of SHARP may also benefit from being placed in one of our foster home.
The foster homes are not equipped to care for youth who are overly psychotic or dangerously assaultive. They are also not equipped for the severely handicapped or the severely visually or hearing impaired.
Youth of all races and ethnic backgrounds are accepted in foster homes licensed by Charlevoix Probate and Family Court. The homes are licensed to accept youth ages ten thirteen to seventeen. There are no geographical restrictions regarding referrals.
Safe Harbor foster homes are trained to work with youth involved in the court’s substance abuse programs and/or to provide a foster home for youth with current or past court involvement who are unable to live at home.
All foster homes are provided with 24-hour support by contacting the on-call worker for Charlevoix Probate and Family Court. In addition, a court worker is assigned to monitor and provide services to all foster homes. Safe Harbor foster parents participate in weekly team meetings with Safe Harbor Coordinator, school teachers, counselors, and court staff.
One of the distinct differences between Safe Harbor and other treatment programs, is the use of our highly trained foster care parents who have expertise in the area of adolescence in recovery. Each home operator takes great pride in opening their homes and hearts to the youth they work with. Prior to placing a young person, much care and consideration goes into matching the needs of the youth with the strengths of the foster parents.
Safe Harbor foster homes are located in or near Charlevoix County, Michigan, and are licensed to serve four to six youth each. These facilities are licensed by The State of Michigan Bureau of Regulatory Services as foster family homes and foster family group homes. The youth served by these homes must possess at least minimal behavior controls in order to function in an open setting in a residential area of the local community. Youth most effectively served by the foster homes have experienced substance abuse or behavioral and relationship problems in their homes, schools, and/or their communities. Youth requiring foster care, but not the services of SHARP may also benefit from being placed in one of our foster home.
The foster homes are not equipped to care for youth who are overly psychotic or dangerously assaultive. They are also not equipped for the severely handicapped or the severely visually or hearing impaired.
Youth of all races and ethnic backgrounds are accepted in foster homes licensed by Charlevoix Probate and Family Court. The homes are licensed to accept youth ages ten thirteen to seventeen. There are no geographical restrictions regarding referrals.
Safe Harbor foster homes are trained to work with youth involved in the court’s substance abuse programs and/or to provide a foster home for youth with current or past court involvement who are unable to live at home.
All foster homes are provided with 24-hour support by contacting the on-call worker for Charlevoix Probate and Family Court. In addition, a court worker is assigned to monitor and provide services to all foster homes. Safe Harbor foster parents participate in weekly team meetings with Safe Harbor Coordinator, school teachers, counselors, and court staff.