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The Dream Catcher Foundation Group Home

 

Dream Catcher Mission

The Dream Catcher Foundation’s mission is to provide a comprehensive therapeutic program to address the behavioral, emotional and educational needs of foster youth. It is also our mission to reunite every foster youth with their biological family or a foster family to promote permanency in their lives. The Dream Catcher Foundation’s staff as well as its Board of Directors, are committed and dedicated to ensure that every foster youth receive the necessary services and resources that will help them transition successfully into adulthood and make their dreams a reality in their lives.

For nineteen years United Care, Inc. operated three six bed group homes in South Los Angeles that serviced the needs of eighteen teenage girls.
 
Effective January 1, 2009 United Care divested its group home program to The Dream Catcher Foundation (TDCF) who continues to operate the eighteen bed group home program in south Los Angeles. The Dream Catcher Foundation's mission is to provide a comprehensive therapeutic program to address the behavioral, emotional and educational needs of foster youth. It is also our mission to reunite every foster youth with their biological family or a foster family to promote permanency in their lives. The Dream Catcher Foundation's staff as well as its Board of Directors, are committed and dedicated to ensure that every foster youth receive the necessary services and resources that will help them transition successfully into adulthood and make their dreams a reality in their lives.
 
United Care remains committed to supporting the teenage girls placed in TDCF’s group homes and works closely with TDCF whenever possible.
 
For information regarding The Dream Catcher Foundation, please contact Pamela Norris at (323) 296-1114.


Group Home Contact Information
(323) 528-8342 or (323) 296-1114

www.dreamcatcherfoundation.net

 

• To provide as normal a home setting as possible

• To transition children from group residential settings into foster homes whenever appropriate

• To nurture the individual growth and development of each child

• To stimulate intellectual growth through educational and tutorial support programs

• To offer access to cultural, spiritual, and social events providing positive interactions and experiences

• To provide individual, group and family counseling, and whenever appropriate, reunify children with birth families or guardians

• To teach the skills needed to emancipate successfully into independent adult life

• To provide transitional housing and support services for all emancipating foster youth

 

facilities

 

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computer lab
Computer Lab sponsored by De Anza College.

• Well-maintained and decorative single family homes

• Trained and educated childcare workers (AA degree and above, or equivalent experience)

• Full-time and part-time social workers providing individualized needs, assessment plans and group therapy counseling

• Contract psychologist providing individual psychological evaluations and individual/family therapy

• Contract psychiatrist providing psychiatric assessment and psychotropic medication and maintenance

• Educationally enriched study and tutorial programs utilizing state-of-the-art computers and LAUSD certified instructors

• Educational liaison staff that works directly with the schools to ensure educational success

• On-site community college classes offering high school and college credits

• State-of-the-art computer lab

• Highly successful Emancipation Training Program preparing youth for transition to independent adult life

• Transportation services to school, appointments, and outings, utilizing a well-maintained fleet of 7-passenger vans

• A Transition Incentive Program that promotes the transition of clients from Group Home Residential care to Foster Family Home care

 

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