Youth Quest TFT Program

Congratulations on your desire to serve the most vulnerable youth in our community!
Becoming a Treatment Family Teacher Practitioner can be the most difficult yet most
rewarding experience of your life.  

We're thankful that you're looking into serving these youth who desperately need you
Your commitment, structure, teaching, time, and love are needed as they are
successfully launched into adulthood or as they successfully return to their families.

1.  In order to become a TFT Practitioner, you'll need to understand the process.  
Becoming a TFT Provider takes time and a strong commitment.  
With diligent work and commitment, it usually takes about a month to become licensed and be given
your first referral for placement in your home.  Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the
links above and with Youth Quest.  At this time, if you have questions, don't hesitate to call
919-942-1625 and speak with Emily at extension 3.  
After your initial questions are answered,
if you're interested in proceeding,
click on the TFT Practitioner Application below.  
After we receive your application, you may be contacted for an
interview.

2.  Treatment Family Teacher Provider Application

3.  Qualified couples will be contacted for an interview in your home.

4.  Couples are selected to become state licensed Treatment
Family Teacher Practitioners.

5.  If you are interviewed and approved to move forward,
you will be asked to submit state a required national finger print check which
usually take 4-6 weeks to process.  
Typically all other training and paper is completed while these are being processed.