Passage of Hope
Forbes Place...
Redefining Group Foster Care
"We believe that all children deserve genuine concern and love. We will provide a safe and stable environment in which all children thrive, when they have no where else to turn."
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General and Specialized Care:
We will provide care that includes specialized treatment services designed for children with emotional disorders. Individual treatment goals are developed for each child together with parents, guardians, case workers and physicians. Many children have been moved from place to place due to their intensive needs and lack of services available to them; many never find permanent placement. We strive to serve these forgotten children.
Child abuse prevention:
Protect and Connect is our Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Campaign committed to Protecting the children of the community by Connecting parents and families to community resources that reduce parental stress and feelings of isolation. Our program, H.O.P.E. (Helping Our Parents Excel) is aimed toward parents and their children. It is a comprehensive program intended to teach about the importance of responsibility, utilizing resources available and behavior management to minimize the generational passing-on of abusive behaviors.

Life Skills:
(CLTA) Changing Life Through Adversity Teaches Life Skills such as personal and interpersonal skills, job skills, accessing community and other resources, fundamentals on housing and transportation as well as health care, planning for the future, money management and child health/safety.
Our house is a HOME:
Forbes Place will be a child friendly, home-like environment that offers what seem to be simple necessities such as a warm meal, a feeling of security, love and a shoulder to cry on. Many children are left in abusive situations by CPS because it is difficult to place them if removed from the home, sometimes being re-victimized.
Forbes Place will also offer age-appropriate counseling and assessments to help the child adjust to new surroundings and cope with what is happening in their lives. We hope to further the cause of Child Abuse Prevention in conjunction with parental guidance (H.O.P.E) to prevent future abuse in their homes.

Referrals:
Referrals for Forbes Place will come from drug treatment centers, Child Protective Services, case workers, and social service agencies.
The need for safe, decent shelters/foster group homes that provide temporary transitional living services for abused, neglected, abandoned, and drug-affected children increases everyday.
| CPS Statistics 2008* | Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant Counties |
|---|---|
| Confirmed Cases | 12,207 |
| Unconfirmed Cases | 32,863 |
| Children in Foster Care | 4,311 |
| Children in Substitute Care | 5,851 |
| Children Removed | 1,840 |
| Foster Homes | 29 |
