Programs & Services

The Settlement Home for Children is located on ten acres in north Austin.  Our campus is rich in history and provides a tranquil atmosphere for children to heal and grow.

Residential Treatment Center   MORE »« LESS

  • Provides 27 beds for girls between the ages of 7 and 17, who are in need of 24-hour therapeutic care at the Specialized or Intense level.
  • On-campus schooling available.
  • 1:4 staff to child ratio
  • Highly structured program and a well-trained and educated staff.
  • Girls can move through our continuum of care from Residential Treatment Center to our Therapeutic Group Homes.

Therapeutic Group Homes   MORE »« LESS

  • For 24 girls ages 7 to 17, who are at the Moderate or Specialized level.
  • Group home provides a more typical family setting and the opportunity to attend public school or our on-campus school.
  • 1:6 staff to child ratio
  • Group homes provide a transition to either a foster home or Independent Living.

Independent Living   MORE »« LESS

Foster and Adoption Program   MORE »« LESS

  • Serves boys and girls ages birth to 18.
  • We provide safe, nurturing, healing families.
  • We serve children at the Basic, Moderate or Specialized level.
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Foster Adopt Families   MORE »« LESS

  • Foster parents often decide to adopt the children they are fostering when parental rights are terminated.
  • Some families come to us with the intent to foster-adopt.
  • We provide "forever families" through foster adopt families.

Adoption Families   MORE »« LESS

  • We facilitate adoptions for children in the foster care system.
  • We match families and children; helping them find a permanent home.