Eliada’s Therapeutic Foster Care Program is an in-home residential treatment option for children and students who meet residential Level II criteria or community respite criteria. Therapeutic Foster Care provides safe, structured, nurturing environments for children and students in individual residences. The Therapeutic Foster Parents are highly skilled professional individuals or couples who can provide treatment to help meet the diverse needs of children and students in care. All homes are licensed by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. 

Therapeutic Foster Care is also an option for community respite. This service is provided for families or custodians who need periodic relief from the constant and often stressful care of their child. Respite/short-term residential services may be provided on either a planned or emergency basis, and may include weekend care, emergency care, or continuous care up to 30 days.

Eliada’s Family Foster Care Program is designed to provide foster homes for children and students who must live temporarily away from their biological families. Eliada’s foster homes provide care for children in the custody of the Department of Social Services. The services provided will enhance the well-being of children and families by attending to the needs of the child, foster family, and the biological family.      

Eliada’s programs promote family living arrangements for children and students. We accommodate the exceptional and intensive needs of children who are unable to live with their own families. We provide services to the biological or legal parent and actively involve the family in the service planning of the children. Eliada staff work with Child and Family Teams where the issues that lead to placement of the children in out-of-home care are addressed. Eliada staff actively support the children’s relationship with their parents, siblings, and other family members throughout the placement. When reunification is not possible, Eliada staff work with the Child and Family Team to help secure a safe, nurturing, and permanent placement for the children.  Eliada staff and therapeutic foster parents are committed to working with birth families and children to achieve their goals.