Programs for Children
Therapeutic Foster Care
Foster Families Rhode Island
Mission Statement
Many children and adolescents are unable to live in their own homes for a variety of reasons including behavioral problems, neglect, and/or abuse. Others have been living in 
residential facilities for a period of time, separated from their families and communities. When appropriate, being part of a specialized foster family allows each child/adolescent the opportunities for typical experiences in a safe and nurturing home with trained professional parents.
Professional Family Living Arrangement (PFLA) is a therapeutic foster care program with a mission to keep children and adolescents in a less-restrictive home setting while
working to achieve an individual’s full potential. Established in 1993, PFLA provides a broad arrange of individualized services to meet the needs of the child/adolescent with challenging emotional and behavioral issues. Its goal is to develop family relationships, independent living skills, and community connections. PFLA also works on the plan toward permanency, preparing a child/adolescent for adoption or to be reunified with his or her family.
Program Description
The Groden Center’s therapeutic foster care program, or Professional Family Living Arrangement (PFLA), is a nonprofit, therapeutic foster care 
program serving children, adolescents, and young adults who have developmental, emotional and behavioral challenges, in homes of trained individuals or couples. An interdisciplinary team provides ongoing specialized treatment and intensive training to develop family relationships, self-control, life skills, and community connections. Support services include behavior therapy, case management, stress and anxiety management, social skills training, counseling, therapeutic recreation, parent skills training, medical and psychological care, educational coordination, transition and/or reunification planning and respite.
For more information on Therapeutic Foster Care, please click here for our fact sheet.
