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EHR for Foster Care & Adoption Agencies
Foster Care & Adoption

EHR for Foster Care & Adoption Agencies

Placement history, case plans, court reports, foster parent licensing, per diem billing and behavioral health services in one system, with portals for foster and birth parents.
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Trusted by behavioral health organizations nationwide:

20–3,000+ Users 20–3,000+ Users
Therapy & Counseling Therapy & Counseling
Residential & Inpatient Residential & Inpatient
SUD & Addiction Treatment SUD & Addiction Treatment
Community-Based Services Community-Based Services
PHP/IOP PHP/IOP
Psychiatry & Medication Management Psychiatry & Medication Management
CCBHCs CCBHCs
School-Based Programs School-Based Programs
Long-Term Care & SNF Long-Term Care & SNF
Foster Care & Adoption Services Foster Care & Adoption Services

What Challenges Do Foster Care & Adoption Agencies Face?

Every child’s case involves caseworkers, foster parents, birth parents, therapists and the courts. Paper files and spreadsheets make it hard to keep everyone current.
Scattered Case Records

Scattered Case Records

The Problem: Placement history, case plans, visitation notes and court documents live in different files and systems. Caseworkers spend hours pulling a child’s history together before court or a placement change.

Impact:

  • Court reports assembled by hand
  • Gaps in placement history
  • Missed visitation documentation
  • Slow handoffs when caseworkers change
Foster Parent Licensing & Compliance

Foster Parent Licensing & Compliance

The Problem: Home studies, license renewals, training hours and background checks are tracked in spreadsheets. An expired license or missing training can put a placement and the agency’s contracts at risk.

Impact:

  • Expired licenses discovered late
  • Training hours tracked by hand
  • Background check records hard to find
  • Audit and contract risk
Many People, One Child

Many People, One Child

The Problem: Foster parents, birth parents, therapists, courts and guardians ad litem all need information, and staff relay it by phone and email.

Impact:

  • Foster parents missing key information
  • Birth parent communication hard to document
  • Duplicate calls and paperwork
  • Delays getting court-ready information

How Our Foster Care EHR Solves These Challenges

One record for every child, foster parent management, and portals for the people involved in each case.
One Record for Every Child

One Record for Every Child

Challenge: Pulling a child’s history together from separate files.

Our Solution:

  • Placement history for every child
  • Case plans and service plans
  • Visitation logs
  • Court dates and court reports in each court’s format
Manage Foster Parents

Manage Foster Parents

Challenge: Tracking licensing and compliance in spreadsheets.

Our Solution:

  • Home studies
  • Licensing and renewal tracking
  • Training hours
  • Background check logs and uploaded results
Keep Everyone Connected

Keep Everyone Connected

Challenge: Sharing information with families and partners.

Our Solution:

  • Portal accounts for foster parents and birth parents
  • Separate access for each contact on a case
  • Forms completed and signed through the portal

Foster Care & Adoption EHR Features

Case management, foster parent management, family portals, behavioral health services, billing and reporting for foster care and adoption agencies.

Child Case Management

Every child’s history in one record

Placement & Case Planning:

  • Complete placement history for each child
  • Case plans and service plans
  • Visitation logs

Court:

  • Court dates tracked in the child’s record
  • Court reports generated as custom forms or downloadable Excel reports, in the format each court requires

Key Benefits:

  • Prepare for court faster
  • Keep placement history complete
  • Hand off cases without gaps

Foster Parent Management

Licensing, training and foster home details in one place

Licensing:

  • Home studies
  • Licensing and renewal tracking
  • Log completed background checks
  • Upload and index results to the foster parent’s record

Training & Placement:

  • Training hour tracking
  • Foster home details such as open beds, license type, age range and preferences
  • Custom reports to filter homes when placing a child

Key Benefits:

  • Catch renewals before they lapse
  • Show compliance during audits
  • Find available homes faster

Family & Partner Portals

Secure access for the people around each child

Portals:

  • Portal accounts for foster parents and birth parents
  • Any contact of a client can have their own portal account
  • Forms and consents completed and signed through the portal

Key Benefits:

  • Keep foster parents informed
  • Document communication with birth parents
  • Cut phone tag and paperwork

Behavioral Health Services for Children in Care

For agencies that provide both foster care and behavioral health services

Documentation:

  • Individual, family and group therapy notes
  • Treatment plans with golden thread documentation
  • Scored screenings such as the PSC-17 and CRAFFT

AI:

  • AI Scribe drafts notes for clinician review

Key Benefits:

  • Document care and case work in one system
  • Show progress over time
  • Spend more time with children and families

Foster Care Billing

Per diem reimbursement and service billing

Billing:

  • Per diem billing for foster care reimbursements
  • Billing for therapy and behavioral health services
  • Charges captured from signed notes

Key Benefits:

  • Bill placements accurately
  • Reduce manual billing work
  • Keep billing tied to the child’s record

Reporting & Compliance

Reports and safeguards for agencies, contracts and audits

Reporting:

  • Custom reports on placements, cases and services
  • Reports for contracts and audits

Compliance:

  • Configurable compliance rules
  • Reminders for deadlines and renewals
  • Complete audit trails

Key Benefits:

  • Answer contract and audit requests quickly
  • Prevent missed deadlines
  • Support audits with complete records

Trusted by Social Services Agencies

Our organization made the decision to no longer use paper client files and go paperless in 2022. The risks of paper files were proving to be too high. After many interviews, we finally decided to go with EHRYourWay because of their individualized service, assurances of helping us create our programs in EHRYourWay exactly as needed, reporting needs and EHRYourWay’s ability to protect our clients’ data. I am the director of our guardianship program for adults with intellectual disabilities. We have very specific needs in terms of client assessments, case notes, court reports, document uploads, data collection and ease of staff usage. EHRYourWay staff met with me for hours and hours to create each and every document, assessment and report to our specifications. Our guardianship program went “live” in EHRYourWay in July 2023 and EHRYourWay has proven to be very efficient for my staff to utilize and I save many hours each month on statistical reporting because of EHRYourWay. My staff and I could not be more pleased with the services and support from EHRYourWay!
Director of the Guardianship Division/Intellectual Disabilities

Frequently Asked Questions

What should an EHR for foster care and adoption agencies include?
Can EHRYourWay track foster parent licensing and training?
Can foster parents and birth parents have portal access?
Does EHRYourWay support court reports?
How does EHRYourWay handle foster care billing?
Can we provide behavioral health services to children in care in the same system?

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Training

Training

Comprehensive training program with live sessions, recorded materials, and documentation
Support

Support

Dedicated implementation team and ongoing technical support
Data Migration

Data Migration

Full-service migration of notes, demographics, treatment plans, and billing data
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