Foster Care & Family Support in Oregon

The Adult Crisis Stabilization Center provides a safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental environment for adults experiencing a behavioral health crisis in Clackamas County. Services are available at no cost and are designed to help individuals stabilize, address immediate needs, and connect with ongoing support in the community. Individuals may stay at the center for up to 23 hours and 59 minutes per episode of care. During their stay, they receive personalized support that may include medical screening, behavioral health assessment, safety planning, solution-focused counseling, case management, peer support, and referrals to community resources and ongoing treatment services. Our goal is to provide compassionate, person-centered care that promotes stability, hope, and connection to the resources needed for long-term wellness. The Crisis center can accept referrals from Clackamas County law enforcement, mobile crisis response, probation and parole, community paramedics, behavioral health units, and the mental health walk-in clinics that are affiliated with Clackamas County.

The Alternative to Detention Program provides stabilization, assessment, case coordination, system navigation, court appearance support, skills training, counseling, and parent support and coaching. The program serves youth involved with Multnomah and Clackamas County Juvenile Departments. The program provides services to youth and families for 60-90 days while living in Clarvida certified foster homes. Placing youth in an alternative to detention setting has proven effective in reducing a youth’s exposure to and engagement in criminal activity along with preparation for the next phase of transition, whether it’s returning home, stabilizing and strengthening the existing home and family structure, or moving to a more appropriate long-term living environment, such as independent living for older youth. Family preservation and reunification and successful transition is the overarching goal of each placement. Youth are referred to the Alternative to Detention Program by their Juvenile Court Counselor (JCC).

The program provides Child Specific Caregiver Support (CSCS) to Resource Parents in Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties. The CSCS program provides community based, hands on parent coaching for biological, kith/kin, resource and pre-adoptive caregivers. The program is designed to support caregivers of children with complex unmet needs, who without this service may be at risk of placement instability. The goal of the program is to partner with caregivers by providing individualized support that strengthens their capacity to address and meet the unique needs of each youth. Services include weekly in-person sessions with a parent mentor, evidence-based training, parent coaching, help with systems navigation, and assistance identifying natural supports and community resources. ODHS Caseworkers can submit a referral directly to Clarvida at ORCommunityProgramReferrals@clarvida.com Referral forms can be found on the ODHS forms site: https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/forms/ Form number de1546650. Clarvida is excited to announce the expansion of Child Specific Caregiver Support services to adoptive parents and caregivers with guardianship of a youth (under the age of 18) from a State Child Welfare program. This service is currently available in the counties listed above, and has limited capacity to serve families residing in the greater Portland Metro area. Child Specific Caregiver Support is offered at no cost to the Caregiver for families who qualify. Clarvida can accept referrals for this service from the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center, Oregon Kinship Navigator, ODHS or via a self-referral from a parent by adoption or guardianship. Questions and request for services may be emailed to: ORCommunityProgramreferrals@clarvida.com

We are licensed by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) to recruit, certify, and train Therapeutic Foster Families to care for youth ages 6-18 in ODHS and County Juvenile Department custody. Foster Families and homes are assessed during the certification process to ensure successful caregiving. Foster Parents are provided extensive training to care for youth with higher needs. Foster parents receive 24/7 support, weekly in-home support, financial support, monthly training, and breaks from caregiving.

The program provides intensive, individualized, short-term services to families in order to increase parental capacity and create safe and secure home environments. The goal of the program is to assist families with identified needs in order to prevent children from being removed from their homes or prepare families for the return of their children. Services are provided in Clackamas, Lane, Marion, Morrow, Polk, Umatilla, Washington, and Yamhill, counties. The program provides observation and feedback, parent training, skill building, support accessing services and transportation, and funding for basic needs. Referrals are made through ODHS. Caseworkers should contact their local ODHS office for information about the referral process in their district.

The Independent Living Program (ILP) empowers young people between the ages 14-23 to build the skills and confidence needed for a successful transition into adulthood. This service is available for eligible young people residing in Multnomah County who are in foster care, as well as young adults who have aged out of the foster care system. Through individualized support, skill-building, and leadership opportunities, participants develop essential life skills in areas such as education, employment, health and wellness, accessing community resources, transportation, housing, financial literacy and healthy relationships. The program provides both one on one support and group-based learning experiences, designed to foster independence, self-advocacy, and personal growth. By focusing on each young person’s unique strengths and goals, the Independent Living Program with Clarvida helps young people prepare for a stable, healthy, and successful future. ODHS Caseworkers can submit referrals to ILP.Central@odhsoha.oregon.gov and request Clarvida as the ILP Provider. Eligible young adults who are no longer in the custody of ODHS may self-refer or submit questions by sending an email to: ORILPreferrals@clarvida.com

24-Hour Residential Services for youth and adults. We serve individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health needs in 17 group homes across the state.

The Peer Parent Mentor Program provides support to parents who are involved with ODHS. This service is provided by individuals who have personal experience with the child welfare system. Peer Parent Mentors provide strength-based, parent-driven, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and goal-focused contact during the time they are involved with ODHS. This service is provided to parents residing in Umatilla and Morrow Counties. Referrals are made through ODHS. Caseworkers should contact their local ODHS office for information about the referral process in their district.

The Response and Support Network (RSN) Program provides immediate, non-clinical support to youth and families in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties. Services are available to ODHS-certified resource parents, newly approved relative foster care providers, adoptive families, and guardians of children formerly involved with a state child welfare agency. RSN services are delivered in the family’s home and are available for 60 to 90 days, depending on the family’s needs and our ability to quickly connect them to long term support. The program’s primary goal is to stabilize and preserve a young person’s placement in the home, as well as to strengthen the caregiver’s capacity to meet the youth’s needs, and to connect youth and caregivers with ongoing community resources and services that offer long-term support. The support services available to families through RSN may include parent mentoring, youth skills training, care coordination, and 24/7 crisis response. Through a partnership with Catholic Community Services, youth in the RSN program may also be eligible for intensive community-based mental health services. Caregivers can self-refer to the RSN program and request services by calling 503-341-4779. ODHS caseworkers are unable to submit referral directly to Clarvida. If you are an ODHS case worker in one of the counties listed above and are wanting to initiate RSN services for a family you are working with, please contact the Medical Liaison in your county or your Regional Resource Consultant and request a district referral to RSN.

The program provides community-based Skills Training to youth of all ages in ODHS custody. Youth referred to the program have identified behavioral and/or mental health concerns that may lead to placement instability. Services may be provided in non-relative, relative, and biological parent placements, and are offered at times identified as most relevant to the youth/family. Skills Trainers use a combination of games, activities, and curriculum along with evidenced based practice like Collaborative Problem Solving to help youth build social-emotional skills. Skills Trainers work with youth to help improve communication, relationship, independent living, and community-based skills while increasing pro-social behavior. We currently provide Skills Training services in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Umatilla, Yamhill and Washington counties. ODHS Caseworkers can submit a referral directly to Clarvida at ORCommunityProgramreferrals@clarvida.com. Referral forms can be found on the ODHS forms site: https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/forms/ Form number de1546650. Skills Training services are now being offered to youth under the age of 18, in adoptive homes and those placed under the guardianship of a caregiver through a State Child Welfare program. Services are free to the family and offered to youth post permanency in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Yamhill and Washington counties . Questions and requests for services may be emailed to: ORCommunityProgramreferrals@clarvida.com

The program provides Behavioral Rehabilitation Services (BRS) to youth who need a higher level of care and are placed in Clarvida certified foster homes. Youth have often experienced a high level of trauma and struggle with emotion regulation and/or disruptive and challenging behaviors. The program implements a trauma-informed parenting approach, helping youth to stabilize and allowing them to begin building their strengths in the community and with a family. The program provides case management, skill building, individual counseling, parent training, individualized service referrals, aftercare planning and support. Clarvida provides comprehensive training and intensive support to our therapeutic foster homes 24 hours a day. The program serves youth from all counties across Oregon. Youth need to qualify for BRS services and can be referred by ODHS Regional Resource Consultants.

Youth Mentoring services are community based and aim to provide a young person with a safe, stable, and predictable relationship with a trusted adult. The program offers mentoring services to youth of all ages in ODHS custody who may be at risk of placement instability due to challenging and complex unmet needs. Mentors will offer direct coaching, skills training, and experiences in the community to practice, observe, and teach pro-social skills. Mentoring services seek to improve a youth’s awareness of their emotional state and increase self-regulation skills. These services are youth driven, empowering them to identify goals and opportunities for personal development. We currently provide services in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Umatilla, Yamhill and Washington counties. ODHS Caseworkers can submit a referral directly to Clarvida at ORCommunityProgramreferrals@clarvida.com. Referral forms can be found on the ODHS forms site: https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/forms/ Form number de1546650. Youth Mentoring services are now being offered to youth in adoptive homes, and for youth under the age of 18 placed under the guardianship of a caregiver through a state child welfare program. Services are free to eligible families and offered to youth post-permanency in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Yamhill and Washington counties (some limitations apply). Questions and requests for services may be emailed to: ORCommunityProgramreferrals@clarvida.com