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Do not use this site to make decisions about employment, tenant screening, or any purpose covered by the FCRA. Once you’ve spoken with our Foster Parent Recruiter and you feel ready to take the next step, we will schedule an official interview with our Nevada Director/Clinical Director, Sandy Arguello. All adults in your home must be fingerprinted and obtain a criminal record clearance and a child abuse index clearance.
If I forget something that I’ve made an agreement on, Angela can say to me, “this was the agreement,” oh, that was my agreement, okay, that’s exactly what we’re going to do. And that’s exactly what we do with foster parents, that’s what we do with staff, that’s what we do with the children we serve. Koinonia’s Preadolescent Day Treatment serves children ages 6 to 13 who have experienced chronic interpersonal trauma, especially sexual and/or physical abuse.
Shared Living
Shared living enables individuals to receive continuous care while living with a nurturing family. Cared for by thoroughly trained providers, the individuals get to be a part of a community that is flexible and personalized to their needs. To partner with people who have developmental disabilities and other complex conditions, resulting in the highest possible quality of life through integrated, whole-person care.
The children in our care require extra attention and services in order to reach their highest potential. We support our foster parents with emotional and mental support, both in their homes and in the community. Koinonia is committed to providing top notch treatment level services to our families and children, and above all else, excellence in all we do. The length of time children live in a foster home can vary from short-term, up to six months, to long-term, up to several years. Sometimes our foster parents even end up adopting the foster children who have been living with them. Pre-service training is less if you go with the state or the county than if you go with a treatment-level agency, but not a lot less; it’s the difference between 27 hours and 40 hours.
What is Sandy’s and Angela’s History with Koinonia Foster Homes?
This Day Treatment, which includes the milieu of a school, serves children with a diagnosis of PTSD, many of whom have been sexualized or in other ways have experienced significant and complex trauma. Adolescent Day Treatment, established in 2003, serves older youth, ages 12 to 18. These youth have tended to struggle in many other environments and yet they are now able to find success in the highly structured environment of Adolescent Day Treatment. The hallmark of both programs is the use of evidence-based treatment models carried out by exceptionally engaged and committed staff. Both of our Day Treatment programs are well known for excellence and are highly acclaimed throughout our community, including Preadolescent Day Treatment having received the Child Abuse & Neglect Task Force Recognition Award in the category of Best Program. Koinonia is here to support foster parents, the children who live with them, and the teams who serve the children.
Koinonia Foster Homes was founded in California in 1982, and expanded to Nevada in 1994. With over 40 years serving children and families and 28 years of service in Nevada, Koinonia has proven time and again we are committed to being an important and integral part of our local Northern Nevada community. Koinonia provides Specialized Foster Care, provided by specialized foster parents, who are personally trained and supported by Koinonia Nevada.
How do we get started fostering with Koinonia Foster Homes? How does the training work? Pre-training and post-training?
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Once you have completed the interview process, and have been determined to be a good match with Koinonia, we will start the process of getting you through the required 40 hours of pre-licensure training. Foster Care is taking a child, or maybe even more than one child, into your home. Koinonia serves “treatment” level children who tend to have been exposed to more severe trauma. Our children, due to the trauma they have experienced, require predictability and structure in the home to allow them to grow and thrive.
Our compassionate staff provide 24/7 supervision in an accessible and comfortable environment. At Koinonia, we have brought together our decades of experience serving and advocating for people with IDD with the mission of helping people to live the life they choose and achieve their personal goals. Koinonia’s vision ensures that we address the whole person, integrating care and services in ways that support the unique needs and preferences of each person. Although we generally serve foster and other at-risk youth, our highly trained and skilled therapists are sometimes able to accommodate other members of the community seeking therapy as well. The Adolescent Day Treatment operates on a point and level system, which gives the youth a clear definition of desired and undesired behaviors. You can partner with us by becoming a foster parent, making a donation, fund raising, or seeking employment.
No matter how you partner with Koinonia Foster Homes & Family Services in Nevada, you will be making a difference in the lives of very special children in our local area. The program provides the best therapeutic environment to ensure change and therapeutic progress within each of its clients. All of our kids in foster care receive Medicaid, and frankly, it’s amazing insurance. Koinonia’s Adolescent Day Treatment is a therapeutic milieu serving children ages 12 to 18 who have experienced severe trauma. Its purpose is to help integrate its youth back into the community as independent and successful members of society.
Our contract is through DCFS and Washoe County and we have a contracted rate they pay us. Some of the money that is allocated to foster care trickles down through the federal government, to the state, and then down to the county. During your 40 hours of training, you will learn the resources and skills needed to safely foster a child. Nurse Manager Stacey Wolfe discusses the valuable role of Direct Support Professionals and why they are essential in enhancing the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Attend a 40-hour pre-licensure training program taught by the Koinonia staff. Specific necessities and preferences, whether they need drop-in support or 24-hour assistance.
The children receive therapeutic services and feedback throughout their day. The purpose of the program is to nurture children who suffer from PTSD and other mental health diagnoses back to a healthy mental state. In 2001, the State of Nevada asked Koinonia to start a Day Treatment program. Day Treatment’s goal was, and continues to be, to create a strong therapeutic environment to facilitate each child’s mental health healing in a daily structured setting. Our Day Treatment program has been recognized for its excellence and is highly regarded in our community for the outstanding services we are able to provide to significantly vulnerable youth and children.
Usually we like to see new families with one or two children in the home, but I have families who have way more than that in their homes. They have experience, they might have a sibling group, and again, that’s an individual conversation with every family. The number of children is based on the configuration of their family, the children they might already have in the home, and their bed space as far as bedrooms and square footage in the home.
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