The document describes the Family Shelter Care (FSC) Project, a program which provides emergency and short term shelter care for troubled Indian youths (7 to 18 year old abused, dependent, and neglected, in need of supervision, and delinquent children) on five Indian reservations in South Dakota. Sections address the following project components: FSC Project development (the existing problems, FSC Project philosophy, goals, and a program activities chart); program management (sponsoring organization, duties of the Mountain Plains Youth Services Coalition, duties of the Office of Children, Youth and Family Services, relationship to other resources, management tools, and funding); program operations (site selection, population served, FSC parents selection, and FSC parents training); service delivery procedures (referral, initial assessment, initial case planning, FSC referral, FSC placement, FSC planning and evaluation, and implementation of the placement plan); and results and evaluation. Attachments, which make up the bulk of the document, include various forms, charts, and papers which address workshop agendas, evaluation and placement, and recordkeeping. (SBH)