Child Health

Aspira Foster & Family Services is a nonprofit home care agency that offers foster care services to more than 5,000 children and families in California. Its services include counseling, support, and emergency, short- and long-term and therapeutic foster care services. The agency provides adoption services through a network of more than 25 local offices. Its intensive treatment foster care program provides a stable alternative to institutional care for emotionally disturbed children who can benefit from a family-based treatment program with enriched support services. The agency also operates a counseling center that offers individual, family and group counseling and therapeutic behavioral services. Its adoption program is designed to meet the permanency needs of children within the public foster care system. Aspira Foster & Family Services is located in Antioch, Calif.