Juvenile Justice


ASHE TAB (TUTORING, ATTENDANCE, AND BEHAVIOR) 
 Phone: (336) 246-7175
 
Description of Service:  Length of service:  More than 6 months
Ashe TAB, Ashe Tutoring, Attendance, and Behavior, will work with students in grades 7-11 to improve academic functioning as well as school behavior problems. Students will set goals for academic, attendance, and behavior improvements and success. Ashe TAB will serve youth involved with Juvenile Court Services and at-risk population will be provided skill building programs that address the areas that are preventing the student from succeeding.Problem Areas Addressed:
  • School - School Behavior
  • School - Performance

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  11
Maximum Age Served:  16
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:  Referral Form
Counties Served:  Ashe 
Payment Type:  No charge

​BLUE RIDGE THERAPEUTIC WILDERNESS
Phone:  1 (888) 914-1050 or  1 (706) 212-2037

Description of Services:  Length of service:  1 to 3 months
The program combines traditional, evidence-based therapies with a unique wilderness experience, Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness provides youth and their families a powerful setting for hope, change, and healing. Blue Ridge offers therapeutic wilderness programs in age-appropriate groups for both pre-teen and teen boys and girls. Other important common factors of wilderness therapy include: The Peer Group, The Quality of the Relationships, Immersion in Self-Study, and Interdependence.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - Performance
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  10
Maximum Age Served:  18
Target Gender:  All​Enrollment Requirement:
  • Health Records
  • Interview
  • Referral Form
  • School Records
Counties Served: All NC CountiesPayment Type:
  • Fee for Service
Website:  http:blueridgewilderness.com


CHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE - PRTF
Phone:  1 (828) 898-5465
Description of Services: Length of service:  4 to 6 months
Specialize in treatment for trauma; advanced behavioral and psychiatric complexity; intense frequency and duration of problem behaviors; acute skill deficits in multiple life domains; frequent crisis stabilization and explosive behavior management; history of treatment resistance. Provides an intensely structured environment with constant line of sight.
Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Aggression - Animal cruelty
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Aggression - Firestarting
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills
Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  13
Maximum Age Served:  18
Target Gender:  All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • Immunization records
  • Health Records
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Referral Form
  • School Records
Counties Served:  All NC Counties
Payment Type:
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
Website:  http://www.childrenshopealliance.org


DAYMARK - FAMILY COUNSELING
Phone: (336) 246-4542
Description of Services:  Length of service:  More than 6 months
Daymark provides family therapy to youth and families with behavioral health needs.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  3
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
Counties Served:  Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes​
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
Website:  http://www.daymarkrecovery.org


DAYMARK - GROUP COUNSELING 
Phone: (336) 246-4542
Description of Services:  Length of service:  More than 6 months
Daymark currently has groups for adolescent substance use and a group designated for adolescent girls. With appropriate amount of referrals other groups with specific specialties can be added.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Treatment

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  3
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All
Counties Served:
  • Alleghany
  • Ashe
  • Wilkes
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
Website:  http://www.daymarkrecovery.org


DAYMARK - Intensive In Home
Phone: (336) 246-4542
Description of Services:  Length of service: 4 to 6 months
Agency provides Intensive In Home services to youth and families to prevent out of home placement or high level of care. Agency also provides 24 hour crisis services, psychiatric services (including MD and RN), group services, individual services, school based counseling, comprehensive clinical assessments.....Also a full range of services for adults

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • Family - Parenting Skills
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority

Ages:  Minimum Age Served: 4
Maximum Age Served:  21
Target Gender:  AllEnrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • TB test
Counties Served:
  • Alleghany
  • Ashe
  • Wilkes
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
  • TRICARE
Website:  http://daymarkrecovery.com


​EBENEZER CHILDREN'S HOME
​Phone: (336) 667-5683
Description of Services:   Length of service:  More than 6 months
Our mission is to provide a loving, Christian, nurturing environment for the ones we are blessed to serve and to give them an opportunity to heal and learn life skills to foster independence and individual success as they grow. We serve children from 3 - 21 years of age both from Wilkes and surrounding counties and our goal is to continue to hire experienced qualified staff who are well suited to work with the residents we serve. We also specialize in having staff members trained in taking c

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • Mental Health - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilit
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  0
Maximum Age Served:  21
Target Gender:  AllEnrollment Requirement:
  • Immunization records
  • Referral Form
Counties Served:  
  • All NC Counties
Payment Type:
  • Medicaid
Website:  http://www.ebenezerfamily.org


​ECKERD-BOOMER
Phone:  (336) 921-3300
Description of Services:  Length of service:  4 to 6 months
Eckerd's short-term residential service is an intensive service that includes individualized treatment and academic plans that combine formal and experiential education, vocational education, community service, behavioral health, and family counseling in a non-punitive environment designed to address the youth's behavioral challenges through a strengths-based approach. Youth also receive accredited education on-site and work together in small group settings with assigned counselors.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - Performance
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Assessment
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Skills - Social Skills
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  13
Maximum Age Served:  17
Target Gender:  MaleEnrollment Requirement:
  • Immunization records
  • Health Records
  • Physical within the last year
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Referral Form
  • School Records
  • TB test
Counties Served:
  • All NC Counties
Payment Type:
  • No charge
Website:  http://www.eckerd.org


GRANDFATHER HOME FOR CHILDREN - LEVEL II GROUP
Phone:  (828) 898-5465
Description of Services:  Length of service:  4 to 6 months
Residential treatment program for youth ages 12-18 who have experienced trauma who also have behavioral issues that may include sexual harm. Services are provided in two cottages on a campus setting with education provided by on campus charter school. Youth in care receive individual, group and family therapy to address their trauma and behavioral concerns. Medication management is provided monthly via our psychiatrist.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Mental Health - Treatment

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  12
Maximum Age Served:  18
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • Immunization records
  • Health Records
  • Referral Form
  • School Records
Counties Served:
  • All NC Counties
Payment Type:
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
Website:  http://www.childrenshopealliance.org


HOLLY HILL HOSPITAL
Phone:  (919) 250-7600 or  1 (800) 447-1800
Description of Services:  
Holly Hill Hospital provides children, adolescents & adults with services that address Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, ADHD, Psychosis and other Behavioral issues.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilit
  • Mental Health - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Aggression - Firestarting
  • Aggression - Animal cruelty

Minimum Age Served:  5
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • Interview
  • Referral Form
Counties Served:
  • All NC Counties
Payment Type:
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
  • TRICARE
  • Fee for Service
  • Health Choice
Website:  https://hollyhillhospital.com/
JJTC - YOUTH VILLAGES
Phone:  (828) 268-7200
Description of Services:  Length of service: Less than 1 month
Youth Villages completes the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment or GAIN Light Assessment with the youth and family. This process takes around two hours and includes assessment of behavioral health needs, trauma history, strengths and interests. Youth could also complete a drug screen. Youth with a substance use or mental health diagnosis are referred for treatment services for further assessment.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Assessment

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  4
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Referral Form
Counties Served:
  • Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Iredell, Mitchell, Watauga, and Wilkes
Payment Type:
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
Website:  http://www.youthvillages.org
JODI PROVINCE COUNSELING
Phone:   (336) 818-0733 ​
Description of Services:  Length of service:  More than 6 months
Outpatient behavioral health treatment, referrals for psychological evaluations as necessary and med. consultation. Evidenced based treatment options for symptom reduction. Individual and family services.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Aggression - Animal cruelty
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Aggression - Firestarting
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Treatment
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • Family - Parenting Skills
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • School - School Attachment
  • School - School Behavior

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  0
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
Counties Served:
  • Ashe. Iredell, Surry, Wilkes
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Pro bono
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
  • TRICARE
Website:  http://www.jodiprovincecs.com
JUVENILE MEDIATION 
Phone:  (828) 264-3040
Description of Services:  Length of service:  Less than 1 month
MRJC offers mediation services for school-aged youth and their parents. Mediation is a process of resolving conflict with the help of a neutral third party who guides the communication process and encourages participants to focus on problem issues in a positive manner. Mediations are completed in the school or community setting. Juvenile Mediation is frequently used to resolve truancy, disruptive behaviors, and conflict in the home.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - School Attachment
  • School - School Behavior
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  6
Maximum Age Served:  17
Target Gender:  AllEnrollment Requirement:
  • Referral Form
  • Other
Counties Served:
  • Ashe
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • No charge
Website:  https://www.mrjc.us/
LEGAL AID OF NC (ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES)
Phone:   1 (919) 828-4647  Toll Free: 1 (866) 219-5262
Description of Services:  Length of service:  Information not available
Advocates for Children's Services (ACS) is a statewide project of Legal Aid of North Carolina that focuses on serving children in the public education system. ACS cases involve: short-term suspension; long-term suspension; expulsion; involuntary transfers to alternative school; denial of enrollment; discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex or disability; mistreatmen?t by school security personnel; special education; bullying; and academic failure.
Ages:  Minimum Age Served: 0
Maximum Age Served: Adult
Target Gender: All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Interview
  • Referral Form
Counties Served:
  • All NC Counties
Program Classification:
    • Individual and Family Life
    • Individual and Family Support Services
    • Family Support Centers/Outreach
Payment Type:
  • No charge
Website:  http://www.legalaidnc.org/Pages/about-us/projects/Advocates-for-Childrens-Servic...
​MENTOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE
Phone:  (828) 268-2172
Description of Services:  Length of service:  4 to 6 months
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment focused on relieving symptoms of trauma. TF-CBT is intended to help children, adolescents, and their caregivers overcome the impact of traumatic events. It can help with traumas related to physical abuse, sexual abuse, witnessing domestic violence, or an unexpected death of a loved one. Children and adolescents develop coping strategies for traumatic stress reactions and often reduce symptoms of depression, and anxiety.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Parenting Skills
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - School Attachment
  • School - Performance
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Alcohol and Drugs - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Mental Health - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilit
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Aggression - Firestarting
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Skills - Social Skills
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  3
Maximum Age Served:  Adult
Target Gender:  All
Enrollment Requirement:
  • Referral Form
Counties Served:
  • Ashe
  • Avery
  • Mitchell
  • Watauga
  • Wilkes
Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
Website:  https://www.facebook.com/MentorBHC/

​TARHEEL CHALLENGE
Phone: (800) 573-9966 or  (910) 525-5520

Description of Services:  Length of service:  4 to 6 months
The Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy is a quasi-military style program for at risk school dropouts, and is sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard. The mission of the Academy is to redirect the efforts of young adults who have had trouble succeeding in the normal high school environment, and give them the skills and attitude to become productive citizens in their communities.

Problem Areas Addressed: School - School Behavior School - Performance School - School Attachment Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences Community and Peers - Community Aggression - Bullying/threatening Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression) Attitudes - Victim Awareness Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority Skills - Self-Regulation Skills Skills - Social Skills Employment and Free Time - Employment

Ages:  Minimum Age Served:  16
Maximum Age Served:  18
Target Gender:  All 
Enrollment Requirement: Immunization records, Health Records, Physical within the last year, Referral Form, School Records, TB test
​
Counties Served:  Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
Program Classification: Education Educational Institutions/Schools Therapeutic Boarding and Residential Schools
Payment Type: No charge
Website:  http://www.nc-tcachallenge.org