Bridge Receiving Center – A healing start to foster care

Bridge has developed a therapeutic camp-like facility where children, ages 4-12 (plus siblings ages 13-17), find an immediate safe place to stay for up to 30 days while preparing for their first placement with a foster family. This facility results in more successful first placements and fewer multiple placements. The Center accepts children anytime, day or night, with the welcoming staff and services kids need. Bridge is a “soft landing” from the chaotic trauma leading to a child’s removal from their home. Our focus is on reinforcing the supportive family ties whenever possible. For those children who enter care but are quickly returned to a family member’s home in the first 30 days, our Center is a much less traumatic experience. Whenever possible, we provide provisions for siblings to stay together.