Types of Foster Care
Savio offers three different foster care programs (as well as respite support), each to provide specialized support children and youth need to thrive.
Whether a child requires a soft place to land during a transition or more intensive clinical care, we ensure every young person is matched with a family ready to walk alongside them on their journey toward healing.
Traditional Foster Care
This is a wonderful starting point for families looking to provide a safe, stable environment for children who are temporarily unable to live with their families of origin.
These children generally have lower support needs, and your primary role is to offer them the consistency and love they need while their family situation is being resolved.
Therapeutic Foster Care
For children who require a bit more specialized attention—whether due to mental health, physical health, or behavioral challenges—this approach offers a deeper level of care.
As a foster parent in this program, you’ll receive specialized training and be closely connected to community-based services, ensuring you have the tools to help your foster child navigate their specific needs.
This is our most intensive program, designed for youth who have been struggling for a while and may have delinquency concerns. Because this is the highest level of in-home care we offer, we provide you with comprehensive, top-tier training and constant support.
The goal here is focused and hopeful: the youth, their foster family, and their biological family all work together through intensive treatment toward the goal of reunification within 6 to 9 months.
Treatment Foster Care
Emergency or Respite Foster Care
This option is designed for short-term impact. We seek heroes to be a brief light for youth in urgent circumstances as their professional teams work toward a permanent placement.
Respite care allows foster families to recharge, handle medical issues, or manage personal emergencies, ensuring that every caregiver has the backup they need to remain effective in showing up for our kids in need.
Fostering Teenagers
We know that the idea of fostering a teenager can feel a little daunting at first. It's true that raising any teen comes with its ups and downs, and those in the foster system often carry the weight of past trauma that brings its own unique set of challenges.
But the reality? Fostering a teenager can be one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do—so much so that many of our families choose to work with teens exclusively! To make sure you never feel like you're doing it alone, Savio has a wonderful treatment foster care program specifically for teenagers. It’s designed to wrap both you and the teen in extra layers of support, and we can’t recommend it enough for anyone looking to make a real difference in a young person's life.
One of our current priorities is finding nurturing homes for sibling groups, particularly children up to age 10. While many people inquire about fostering individual infants or toddlers, a great need we see today is for families willing to welcome brothers and sisters together. By choosing to foster sibling groups in Colorado, you provide a vital sense of belonging and continuity. Keeping these children under one roof ensures they don't have to face the challenges of the foster care system alone, allowing them to maintain their most important lifelong bonds while they navigate new surroundings.
If you have the heart and the space to keep a family together, your home can become the foundation for their future success. Reach out to Savio today to learn more about fostering siblings and how you can provide a safe, unified home for children in need.
Fostering Sibling Groups
Does Savio Offer Adoption from Foster Care?
Because the bond between a child and their parents is so vital, our primary goal is always to help families find their footing again. Our foster care and treatment programs aren't designed as "foster-to-adopt" tracks. Instead, we see them as a way to give families the support they need to heal and eventually reunite. Sometimes, a little time apart is exactly what’s needed for a family to stay together in the long run.
Of course, we know that paths can change. If a family isn't able to move toward reunification and parental rights are eventually terminated, we absolutely encourage our foster parents to consider opening their hearts to adoption. While Savio doesn't handle the adoption process directly, we’ll be right by your side, connecting you with an agency to facilitate the transition while continuing to support you and the child every step of the way. Learn more about frequently asked questions here.
