Agency Professional Support Staff

Foster Home Development

New families are the life blood of foster care.  The development staff work hand in hand with new families to guide them through the process.  The Director and Foster Home Coordinator work closely with families in this process.

Foster Home Compliance

In order to ensure children are safe and receiving appropriate services, the State has compiled a list of rules or Minimum Standards in which the Agency and families must comply.  The Case Managers work closely with the families to be sure everyone remains in compliance.   Each family has a file with all the necessary information.  A foster home team of Case Aides, Foster Home Coordinator and Quality Specialist work with the staff and families to help everyone maintain compliance.

Clinical Treatment

The very heart of the foster care program is "treatment".  The treatment team composed of a psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, case managers, clinical consultants staff the treatment program of each child in care to ensure the treatment plan is appropriate and being implemented.  Over 100 providers (Psychiatrists, Psychologist, therapist, and specialized therapist) work with A World For Children in providing services.

Placement 

Often the key to successfully placing a child in a foster home lies in the placement process which is complicated.  The family strengths and the child's needs must be carefully matched.  In addition, the needs and behaviors of the other children in the home must be considered. An in-depth intake study is done on all children prior to placement to assist the placement team in their decision.  The placement team is composed of the Placement Coordinator, Level I staff, Foster Parent, and Intake Coordinator.

Juvenile Probation

A World For Children serves youngsters in the care of Juvenile Probation as well as Child Protective Services.  Being Title IV-E approved, AWFC can provide therapeutic services to troubled youth in a foster family environment.  This is often a successful alternative for our troubled youth.  Having an array of experienced foster families successful in working with the teen population is a tremendous plus in serving this population.

Finance

With a $10 million budget, the AWFC Finance Department is very important.  Payroll for staff and families, accounts payable and receivable, insurance, personnel records, cost analysis, accounting system are examples of a myriad of tasks performed by the finance department.  The Finance Director oversees the finance staff.

Agency Support

In order to keep an organization like A World For Children on track, it takes special people to see that the wheels are always oiled and the welcome mat is always sparkling.
The official hostess and "voice" of AWFC is Cathy Machoni . With her gracious spirit, Cathy not only meets and greets all AWFC - Round Rock guests, she maintains communication with all staff in the office and in the field - a tremendous task.
Our Projects Coordinator- Marcia Moore - is masterful at juggling a myriad of projects and creating spectacular results. She assists the administrative team with publications, projects, information dissemination, AWFC Board activities, volunteer program management, event planning and implementation, and assisting in a host of other way.

Technology

With a very sophisticated technology system, AWFC makes communication a high priority.  Cell phones, pagers, lap top computers, individual computers and voice mail allow A World For Children total accessibility.  In addition, all three AWFC Regional offices are networked together along with staff in outlying areas.  The Network Administrator is responsible for installation, monitoring, and maintenance of  the AWFC Computer Network to include technical support for software, computers,  user inquiries and agency help desk.  A lifeline of the Agency is the database containing children, family, personnel, finance, provider, etc. records.  The Database Administrator is responsible for managing all aspects of the database, which includes, design, programming, maintenance, and providing technical support for the database users.