Our unique programs help to ensure success

To nurture and care for children.
Serenity’s goal is to provide treatment and resources to ensure that the child is ultimately placed in a safe, secure environment.

To measure our success:
Our agency goals are set, measured and evaluated by the founders/executive staff, conjointly with the Board of Directors, which meets at least quarterly. A database system is used as a quantitative measurement of the program; the qualitative success is determined by the fulfillment of the individual treatment goals for each program participant.

Although family reunification is the primary focus, Serenity supports the concurrent plan philosophy:
“Should reunification efforts fail, a secondary permanent home meeting the child’s needs must be concurrently planned”.

Serenity’s Therapeutic Learning Center
Implemented in 1996, Serenity’sTherapeutic Learning Center reduces the damaging effects ofneglect, abuse and prenatalexposure to drugs through the intervention strategiesof trained professional staff.

The primary objective of this program is to provide a safe therapeutic setting for the foster children to turn their developmental “delays” into developmental “milestones”. In this secure environment, children are allowed to express their hurt, sadness and anger while being guided to express appropriate social behaviors and problem solving skills.

Academic preparation for preschool and kindergarten is also an integral component of the curriculum.

Serenity’s Children as Mothers Program (CAMP)
Serenity’s Children as Mother’s Program (CAMP) provides foster homes for teen mothers with their infants.

Under the direct supervision of specially trained, certified foster parents and the Serenity social worker, teen mothers develop the necessary parenting skills that facilitate growth and development of both mother and child.

In addition, a comprehensive support network for training, counseling, medical care and access to community resources enables the mother to become self-supporting and an adequate provider for her child.

Children with Specialized Health
Care Needs Program
A small, yet vital, segment of Serenity’s programs is the development of medically trained foster parents for the care of the “Bates” population – Children with Specialized Health Care Needs.

Infants, who would normally remain hospitalized or institutionalized, are able to “enjoy the benefits of the least restrictive, most family-like setting, consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child”…(AB 2268-Bates).