Saint Joseph's Children's Home

ADMISSION

St. Joseph's Children's Home provides residential services to boys and girls ages six through seventeen with primarily mental health and chemical dependency problems.
 
CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

• Youth with primary mental health and secondary chemical dependency diagnosis
• Must have a history and current problems with mental health or dysfunctional behaviors which cannot be successfully treated in an outpatient or less restrictive residential setting
• Must be cognitively and emotionally capable of participating in individual, group and family therapy
• Must be ambulatory and physically healthy
• Dependent upon type of admission, must meet medical necessity requirements according to Medicaid, CMS, or third party insurance company

CRITERIA FOR EXCLUSION

• Severely developmentally impaired
• Actively suicidal or homicidal
• Involved in extreme self-harming behaviors, arson, juvenile sexual predator
• Do not have a mental health or behavior diagnosis that severely interferes with daily functioning in school, home/family or the community   

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