Multidimensional Treatment

Foster Care in Ventura

MTFC is specialized foster care for teens (ages 12– 17) designed to help them eliminate/decrease negative behaviors and discover newfound success at home, in school and in their communities.
MTFC is a program targeted to teens that have been in and out of foster care throughout their lives and have exhibited behavioral and emotional difficulties.
MTFC is an innovative and collaborative approach to foster parenting
MTFC is one of the most challenging jobs you will ever do!
MTFC is one of the most rewarding experiences you will ever have!

Trained MTFC parents collaborate with a professional team to execute a well-coordinated individualized treatment plan
MTFC parents work together with a program supervisor, individual and family therapists and a life skills coach
MTFC parents receive support 24/7
MTFC placement is short-term – generally lasting only 6 – 9 months
MTFC parents foster only one teen at a time
MFTC parents receive a $2,100/month stipend

You must be an adult, living in Ventura County
Completion of the MTFC pre-certification training program
Foster Parents must have a flexible work situation that allows for daily communication and one weekly meeting with other members of the MTFC treatment team
Willingness to open your heart and your home to a troubled teen!

Task oriented, process driven, organized and timely
Comfortable defining and delivering consequences
Calm, non-reactive and doesn’t take things personally
Has a good sense of humor
Someone who has previously been a foster parent or has worked in a group home
Someone who prefers a structured environment
A person who knows that life’s biggest rewards often come from life’s greatest challenges!

To provide a structured and loving home environment (generally 6 to 9 months)
To surround teens with positive role models and separate them from negative peers
To successfully reunite foster teens with a permanent family (birth, relative or foster) within in a relatively short period of time
To promote self esteem and social acceptance
To help a teen discover his or her own inner hero
To make a difference – one young life at a time!