Six houses located on the campus provide a loving, caring home environment where children are taught to be responsible. The Shelter Care Program provides short-term emergency care for children and adolescents who are experiencing a crisis and need to be separated from their current living experience. The Semi-Independent Living Program provides a transitional living experience for boys and girls, ages 16 to 21, with the teaching of independent living skills, staff support and involvement with their educational and career goals. Foster Care Provides protective services for families in D.C. experiencing a crisis so severe that children must be temporarily removed from their parents to ensure their safety. The program acts as a bridge to the future for the children of today as the primary goal of foster care is to reunify families.
Foster parents are very special people who believe they can make a difference in a child's life.
Foster parents provide a safe and nurturing home for foster children on a full-time basis, until the children can be reunified with their families. The Outpatient Mental Health Clinic is located on the main campus of the Board of Child Care. Common Sense Parenting Common Sense Parenting Services educate parents, as primary care givers, on how to achieve family goals, establish better communication with their children, and create enriched relationships within the entire family. Education Strawbridge School Strawbridge School is a non-public special education program that services emotionally disturbed adolescents in grades 5 through 12. We offer both a diploma and a certificate track that meet all State requirements for graduation.