Medically Fragile Foster Care Who we serve Children referred for Growing Home Southeast’s Medically Fragile services are typically aged birth to seven years, and are stable enough not to need full-time hospital care. Their medical conditions may include: • Premature birth/complications • Burn victims • HIV positive • Drug dependency • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome How we serve them • Growing Home Southeast contracts with a medical specialist to assist in assessing the needs of the child on an “as needed” basis. • Treatment parents and families are offered special training and preparation to meet the individual needs of the child. The treatment parents must be full time and have a medical background to care for these children. • Growing Home Southeast allows time for the family of origin to adapt and train for the integration of the fragile child into the family structure. • Treatment parents meet weekly with Growing Home Southeast clinical specialists. • Licensed respite providers are available to assist treatment parents in serving medically-fragile children. Expected outcomes The goal of Growing Home Southeast’s Medically Fragile Foster Care service is to transition children with special medical and physical needs from institutional settings to less restrictive home environments or to prevent them from requiring institutionalization in the first place. Interested in becoming a foster parent? Contact us today. Click here for more information.