SERVICES
Our licensed home combines the qualities of short-term shelter and longer-term group care in one program to offer emergency and extended care and services. Shelter care, which is defined as care for 30 days or less, emphasizes safety and crisis intervention. Group care placement of more than 30 days addresses crisis and maintains safety, while moving to a transitional process that addresses longer-term goals and extended behavior stabilization.
Our Approach
Work to resolve the crisis that caused the youth’s previous setting to break down
Offer a strength-based approach that helps young people make progress in their lives
Help maintain the youth’s relationship to their family
Locate in a neighborhood that allows us to take advantage of available resources in that community
Provide a structured daily program that awards privileges based upon appropriate behavior and teaches social skills, encourages positive behavior and advocates personal responsibility
Give access to community services, including education, employment, recreation, culture, therapy and health care
Ensure safety for the youth and those around them
Provide individual counseling and group sessions that focus on skill development and communication
Expand the youth’s case plan when the youth transfers or is placed directly into longer-term care
Have a full-time Program Director who’s responsible for leading and supporting the program and staff
Have a caring, committed, well-trained and talented line staff who work in a 1:4 staff-to-youth ration with 24-hour awake supervision
Provide Program Manager who manages the day-to-day functioning of the home to ensure a home-like environment