The majority of the children in our program have complex needs resulting from multiple failed placements, histories including abuse and neglect, and physical and/or developmental disabilities. They come to us with a multitude of diagnoses which include; autism, ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Depression to name a few.
On average, our program supports the placement of 102 children. We serve many very young children including infants and toddlers, though almost 75% of the children served by our program are between the ages of 11-21years. These children are looking for professional foster parents willing to work with pre-teens and adolescents in order to help them prepare for a successful transition into adulthood. Because our program receives referrals on a daily basis, at any given time there are dozens of children awaiting placement.
Many of our children are in long term foster placements where there will move onto independent living programs and/or pursue a college education, while others become available for adoption. Over the years the Professional Parenting Program has celebrated many successful adoptions of children by their Professional Parents.
Other placements may be shorter term while efforts are made to reunify the child with their biological family. In such cases, our Professional Parents and staff work collaboratively with the biological family to reach this goal.
When children rejoin their families from whom they’ve been separated, IPP also provides post-reunification services to ease everyone’s transition back to family life.