Foster Care
In Butte and Shasta County, we have a dedicated staff of social workers that offer a distinctive family centered team approach to foster care. Offices in Chico and Anderson provide a full range of support services to children, their birth families and our own exceptional foster parents. Our goal is permanence.

Group Care
Odyssey & Passages in Chico offer a unique emancipation readiness experience. A talented, live-in staff of BA degreed child-care workers, supported by a Program Manager and Social Worker provide a unique relationship-based atmosphere for older adolescents. Self-reliance and positive transitions are always the desired end.

Shelter Care
Youth & Family and Butte County are working together to provide safe, initial shelter for children removed from their homes. The goal is to provide time to be sure the next placement is the best placement.

Transitional Housing
We believe every adolescent deserves support in their transition from foster care to independence. Transitional Housing offers a unique opportunity to live independently while still a minor and continue to receive financial support and guidance.

F.T.M. - Family Team Meeting - Shasta County
Our goal is to work with Shasta County C.P.S to increase the voice of the birth family in their children’s lives. We believe that the birth family is a child’s best resource and that together we can build safety, permanence, & attachment better by including them in the process.

S.O.F.T.- Supporting Our Families Transition- Butte County
In Butte County our in-home family support services focus on families who have been in family-reunification and are entering family-maintenance. We provide information regarding all available resources and support the family in hopes that we may prevent the return of children into the child welfare system.

R.L.P.- Relative Locator Program - Butte County
This program began as a contract with Butte County designed to open doors to family connections for foster children that may have lost. Through the use of computers and follow up efforts we have been able to connect and reconnect many family members. RLP continues to positively affect the family systems of foster youth. Recently the program's scope has expanded to accept referrals from social service agencies outside of child welfare.

Butte and Shasta County Independent Living Programs
Our approach to ILP offers one-on-one and small group emancipation readiness training and support to foster and former foster children aged 16 to 21. An energetic staff of caseworkers reach out and offer assistance to adolescents struggling with the transition to independence.

Family Center - Shasta County
Our Redding visitation center is an accumulation of all that we have learned in working with families. The center is a supportive encouraging environment for children and the important people in their lives. The Center is the place where children and caregivers can relax in the company of each other, and to receive support in the development of additional parenting skills. The center also provides parenting classes. Classes are focused on the strengths and needs of individuals. Class subjects include topics such as; self-esteem, positive discipline, child development, and more.