Idaho Department Of Health & Welfare Opens New Foster Care Facility  

Idaho’s Department of Health & Welfare recently opened a new facility for foster care in the city of Payette. The 16-bed facility is called the Payette Assessment and Care Center (PACC). ;

Idaho has a shortage of foster homes equipped to care for children with developmental disabilities and for sibling groups to stay together. The PACC will help fill those needs.;

The facility will offer assessment and programming until youths are transitioned to either a treatment foster home or residential treatment facility. Each child who comes to PACC will have an on-site case manager, and have . . .