Be Part of Our Village
Share your home with a child, adolescent, or adult with unique needs!
CTA provides professional parent and host home services in Salt Lake and Utah counties with many locations.
We will help you through the entire certification process!
Professional Parenting and Host Home
How Can We Help You?
Requirements
To begin this process, you must be at least 18 years old with a Utah driver's license, be able to pass a criminal background screening, and have a bedroom for the person supported.
Matching
CTA will help you and the person supported find each other through interviews and assessments. We believe in making every placement successful!
Training
CTA will help you with all the state requirements, from the application and certification process, to training, and maintaining your credentials.
Support
We offer you 24X7 support as a professional parent or host home provider. Our teams include Program Coordinators who lead the way in making sure we are there for you whenever you need us!
Behavior Analysis
For those people with behavioral needs, a board-certified behavior analyst will design an individualized plan to assist the team in navigating and replacing concerning behaviors.
Compensation
As a professional parent or host home provider, you are compensated monthly for all of the supports and services you provide. Compensation will vary as people's needs are all different.
Additional Services
Get Started with CTA!
Drop us a note if you have any questions! We are happy to help!
CTA's Job Settings
Residential Positions
In our homes, you have the opportunity to work with a smaller team and support 3-4 people that live there. Positions in our homes are typically afternoons/evenings, graveyards, and anytime on the weekends. Residential services runs 24X7!
Day Programs
Day services provides an activity based environment for people who are not attending school or working during the day. Day programs are immersed in the Exploration program out in the community and fun stuff for people who would rather stay in! Hours for our day programs are typically Monday through Friday from around 7am to 6PM.
After-School Programs
Designed to give school-age children and children with developmental and intellectual disabilities a positive place for learning and fun in the afternoon and evening hours. These programs primarily run Monday through Saturday, with some Sunday shifts as well. Day hours are also available during the summer break.
Success Stories
See how our Professional Parenting program has touched the lives of many.
Foster Care Changed Our Lives, but CTA Made it Feel Like Home.
Rich and Andrea Leister had fostered before, but finding CTA changed everything. The support, the thoughtful placements, and the sense of community made all the difference — not just for the children they welcomed, but for their own family too.
Today, their grown children work in special needs and autism support, inspired by the love they saw firsthand.
From "Aunt Kel" to Forever Mom
Some moments just change everything. For Miquelle, a dedicated CTA team member, that moment happened unexpectedly at work. "I walked into work and met them," she shares, speaking of Lincoln and Stetson.
"And from the very first moment I met them, they were my kids. I just knew they were supposed to be mine."
That heartfelt conviction really blossomed, even when their adoption wasn't yet the plan. It became a journey of trusting her gut, figuring things out along the way, and building a truly special home.
From helping them with daily ABA therapy to working through school challenges and creating a sense of emotional security, Miquelle is all-in for her sons. "I wouldn't change it for the world," she says.