{"id":435,"date":"2024-03-07T10:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/foster-care-coe\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:24:04","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/foster-care-coe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;569&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Our vision at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uthscsa.edu\/nursing\/\">UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing<\/a> is to \u201cWe make lives better by promoting access to health care for all.\u201d The creation of the Foster Care Center of Excellence is an embodiment of that vision. Children and youth in foster and kinship care are an extremely vulnerable population who often have experienced significant emotional and sometimes physical trauma. We provide personalized health care to meet the medical, emotional, and behavioral health needs of foster children and their families.<strong> It is crucial that these children have easy access to high-quality medical care, delivered in a supportive, trauma-informed, and patient- and family-centered manner.<\/strong> We feel privileged to be part of the lives of these children and their foster care families.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyemIX7EVbg\" title=\"Wellness 360 Pediatric Care at the Children's Shelter\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equilizer_id=&#8221;fccoe-cards&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"callout panel-mobile text-center color blue\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/foster-care-coe\/health-care-professionals\/\" title=\"Health Care Professionals\" data-equalizer-watch=\"fccoe-cards\">\n            <span class=\"fa-stack fa-2x\">\n            <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n            <i class=\"fas fa-fas fa-stethoscope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n            <\/span><h3 class=\" \">For Health Care Professionals<\/h3>\n        <\/a>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"callout panel-mobile text-center color blue\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/foster-care-coe\/for-patients-and-families\/\" title=\"For Patients and Families\" data-equalizer-watch=\"fccoe-cards\">\n            <span class=\"fa-stack fa-2x\">\n            <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n            <i class=\"fas fa-fas fa-users fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n            <\/span><h3 class=\" \">For Patients and Families<\/h3>\n        <\/a>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"callout panel-mobile text-center color blue\" href=\"tel:2105672788\" data-equalizer-watch=\"fccoe-cards\">\n            <span class=\"fa-stack fa-2x\">\n            <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n            <i class=\"fas fa-fas fa-tty fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n            <\/span><h3 class=\" \">Speak with a Member of our Team<\/h3>\n        <\/a>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;658&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/foster-care-coe\/news\/\">Recent News<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Recognized as a Level 1 Trauma Informed Care Certified Organization<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>UT Health San Antonio\u2019s Wellness 360 pediatrics practice was recognized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecrh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ecumenical Center.<\/a> This certification reflects the continued focus on integrating evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches into pediatric care across the community. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecrh.org\/trauma-informed-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Five years as Foster Care Center of Excellence \u2013 <\/strong>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uthscsa.edu\/ut-health-san-antonio-school-of-nursings-wellness-360-marks-five-years-as-foster-care-center-of-excellence-2\/\">launching in December 2019<\/a>, the Wellness 360 pediatric practice at UT Health San Antonio\u2019s School of Nursing has grown to six locations in South Texas, providing primary health care to children in foster care and their families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Well Child Visits in Uvalde TX <\/strong>\u2013 Our mobile unit team\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.uthscsa.edu\/ut-health-san-antonio-school-of-nursing-and-amerigroup-team-up-to-offer-rural-health-visits\/\">visits ECI center in Uvalde TX<\/a>\u00a0once a month to increase access to care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;569&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Our vision at the\u00a0UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing is to \u201cWe make lives better by promoting access to health care for all.\u201d The creation of the Foster Care Center of Excellence is an embodiment of that vision. 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