Contact Person: Vanessa Yearta

What We Do

Benchmark provides quality out of home placements for youth in need by working with referring agencies to guarantee the support, treatment and care they deserve. By recruiting and training a network of professional, therapeutic foster homes, we are able to offer our contracting agencies a variety of beds available for the youth they serve at a moment’s notice. We support our homes with on-going training, 24/7 on-call availability, financial reimbursement and professional support staff. Our program staff manages the cases assigned to our agency by providing weekly contacts and visits to the home and youth in care. We also coordinate therapy and psychiatric services for the youth in our care.

What Is Therapeutic Foster Care?

How is therapeutic foster care different than regular foster care? Therapeutic foster homes care for youth who have been severely neglected or abused. These therapeutic foster children can have a number of presenting issues that are a direct result from their past. We also serve a number of children with emotional, mental and physical disabilities. Most of the youth we serve are adolescents who require more intensive care and support.