This Logic Model is specifically for children requiring the most intensive level of therapeutic and recovery services in a family setting for serious emotional and behavioral disorders.
Incorporates T3C Basic and Mental Health as foundational tiers with enhanced intensive clinical components and behavioral support.
To serve children with the most serious emotional and behavioral challenges by providing intensive therapeutic support within highly specialized family environments, utilizing evidence-based clinical interventions to guide them toward stabilization and successful step-down to less intensive services.
To see children with complex behavioral and mental health needs achieve clinical stability through intensive treatment-level services in a family setting, enabling successful transitions to lower levels of care and permanent homes while avoiding institutional placement.
To provide intensive trauma-informed therapeutic foster care for children with serious emotional, mental, and behavioral disorders requiring the highest level of clinical intervention in a family setting. Services include intensive therapy (weekly minimum), behavioral support, psychiatric coordination, and 24/7 crisis management through TBRI®-enhanced programming with maximum 365-day length of service and step-down planning toward permanency goals.
Enhanced with intensive clinical interventions for treatment foster care (T3C Blueprint p.137-144)
Connecting Principles
Empowering Principles
Correcting Principles
Logic Model Framework
Tier 1-2 (Basic/MH) + TFC Enhancements
Tier 1-2 (Basic/MH) + TFC Intensive
TFC-Specific Measurables
TFC-Specific Results
Crisis reduction ≥75% • CANS improvement 2+ areas • Medication stabilization • Consistent therapy engagement
Behavioral incidents ≥40% reduction • Functional improvement • 85% placement stability • Progress toward permanency
Service Plan goals achieved • Step-down to MH or Basic • Permanency achievement • Sustained stability
| Training Component | Hours | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Initial TFFC Training | 20 hours | TAC §749.863(c) - Before first TFFC placement |
| Annual Refresher | 8 hours | Annual requirement |
| On-Call Therapist TBRI® | Verified | Before on-call assignment |
Tracked through 6-month mandatory aftercare
- • Weekly therapy attendance tracking (100%)
- • Daily behavioral incident documentation
- • Weekly behavioral data analysis
- • 90-day CANS trend monitoring
- • Daily medication compliance tracking
- • Crisis intervention frequency & outcomes
- • FBA implementation fidelity
- • Behavior support plan effectiveness
- • Psychiatric consultation outcomes
- • TBRI® fidelity in intensive context
- • Step-down readiness indicators every 90 days
- • Length of service tracking (max 365 days)
- • 30-day initial Service Plan reviews
- • 60-day Service Plan reviews
- • 90-day Treatment Director reviews
- • Continued stay criteria evaluation
- • TBRI® fidelity in intensive treatment
- • Therapist caseload management (1:11)
- • Behavior specialist effectiveness (1:6)
- • Crisis response effectiveness analysis
- • Maximum 2-child-per-home compliance
- • Step-down planning effectiveness
- • Aftercare engagement rates
- • Treatment model fidelity assessment
- • Intensive therapy frequency modifications
- • Behavioral intervention plan updates
- • Crisis protocol refinements
- • Medication protocol reviews
- • FBA methodology improvements
- • Step-down criteria adjustments
- • Family engagement strategies
- • Treatment foster parent support enhancements
- • Training enhancements for intensive services
- • Psychiatric coordination improvements
- • Annual Logic Model updates
- • TBRI® adaptations for complex cases
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Last Revised: December 10, 2025