Foster Care and In-Home Services
Foster Care
"Making a difference one child at a time", NOVA Foster Care provides children and families with the external resources and support to ensure a positive and healthy fostering experience. NOVA foster parents consist of both married and single individuals committed to helping children and adolescents. The foster parent program is designed to stabilize the lives of children and adolescents. Foster parents confront the unique issues of children and adolescents, which often include behavior problems, low self-esteem, poor social skills, anger control and/or mental illness. Foster Care involves the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of children and adolescents. At the heart of the program is the commitment made by each foster family to help the children and adolescents take responsibility for their lives and their future.
NOVA provides Foster Care in the Omaha and Lincoln service areas.
Be a Foster Parent
NOVA is currently recruiting foster parents. NOVA foster parents are provided initial and ongoing training to assist in providing care for their foster children. They are assigned a NOVA Foster Care Specialist who provides support through home visits and case management services. Foster Care Specialists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for support. NOVA foster parents are also provided a monthly stipend and respite care. If you, or someone you know, would like to provide a safe, nurturing home for children and adolescents, contact NOVA Foster Care at (402) 344-2583 ext. 113.
In-Home Services
NOVA provides an array of services including: Family Support, Family Engagement, Supervised Visitation, Intensive Family Preservation, and In-Home Safety Services. All referrals must come from Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
- Family Support is a service that provides families and individuals with education and access to community resources. Tasks include assistance with housing, employment and parenting.
- Family Engagement is a service that helps families create ecomaps and genograms to identify familial patterns, relationships and support systems.
- Supervised Visitation is a service that provides children with a safe and positive environment to visit with their parent's and maintain an emotional bond when an out of home placement is necessary. A trained staff member is present at all times to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.
- Intensive Family Preservation is a service that is used when severe problems in a family are identified and out of home placement may be needed. This service surrounds the family with referrals, resources and support in hopes of maintaining the family safely in their home.
- In-Home Safety is a service that is provided to families when there is a threat of imminent danger and possible out of home placement. Staff members report within two hours of the request for this service and ensure that each child is safe in their environment.
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NOVA Therapeutic Community, Inc.
NOVA Therapeutic Community, Inc. is funded in part with Federal, State and Local funds.
Primary funding is through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services,
Behavioral Health Division and Children and Family Services.
