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Juvenile Justice

ALIVE : THE ALIVE PROGRAM
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Phone:  1 (828) 688-4811
Description of Services:  
Length of service:   1 to 3 months
The ALIVE program will provide court referred youth ages 14-18 with a diverse vocational/life skills program. ALIVE focuses on teaching youth the skills needed to become responsible, healthy adults. This will be done by providing positive adult contact to teach acceptable social behaviors while using the research based curriculum Social Responsibility Training. ALIVE will also teach life skills such as money management, basic home repairs, cooking on a budget, resume building, job related skills

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills

Ages: 
Minimum Age Served: 14
Maximum Age Served: 18

Target Gender:   All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Interview
  • Referral Form

Counties Served:   Mitchell

Program Classification:
  • Individual and Family Life
  • Individual and Family Support Services
  • Interpersonal Skill Building
Payment Type:   No charge

Website:   https://mitchell.ces.ncsu.edu/

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 Counties

Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service

Website:   http:blueridgewilderness.com


​​CHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE - PRTF
Phone:   
 (844)226-8855
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

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EBENEZER CHILDREN'S HOME
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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. 

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

Ages:  
Minimum Age Served:   
0
Maximum Age Served:   21

Target Gender:   All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Immunization records
  • Referral Form

Counties Served:  
  • All NC  Counties

Payment Type:
  • Medicaid

Website:   http://www.ebenezerfamily.org

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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:   Male

Enrollment 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) 250-7000      
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 Disabilities
  • Mental Health - Assessment
  • Mental Health - Treatment
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Aggression - Firestarting
  • Aggression - Animal cruelty

Ages:
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/

INTENSIVE IN HOME - RHA
Phone:   (828) 765-0894
Description of Services: 
Length of service:   4 to 6 months
Intensive In-Home Therapeutic Services are time-limited therapeutic intervention services for youth who are at high risk of placement in professional treatment centers or foster care due to serious behavioral health challenges. IIH Services seek to prevent these out-of-home placements when possible and preserve normal family living arrangements through the use of in-home supports. Intensive case management and monitoring, therapy and substance use treatment, and family counseling.

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

Ages:
Minimum Age Served:  6
 Maximum Age Served:  17

Target Gender:   All

Enrollment Requirement:  
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Counties Served:
  • Mitchell

Payment Type:
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance

Website:   http://rhahealthservices.org
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
JUVENILE MEDIATION
Phone:    (828) 264-3040
Description of Services: 
Length of service:   Less than 1 month
Mediation and Restorative Justice Center 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: 
 All​

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Referral Form

Counties Served:
  • Mitchell

Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • No charge

Website:   http://www.mrjc.us/
​LEGAL AID OF NC (ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES)
Phone:     (828)  355-4890
Description of Services:   
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; mistreatment 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 Support Services
  • Individual and Family Life
  • Family Support Centers/Outreach

Payment Type:
  • No charge

Website:   https://www.legalaidnc.org/about-us/offices?field_counties_served_target_id=1039

​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://mentorbhc.com
PROJECT CHALLENGE
Phone:   (828) 765-0776 
Description of Services:
Length of service:   More than 6 months
Project Challenge is a dispositional option to juvenile court allowing participants to repay or give back to their community. Participants are given the opportunity to fulfill their obligation to the courts by completing community service and provide victims repayment of monetary loss. Project Challenges Mission Statement is; To help youth become confident, productive members of their community through the offering of their time and talents and through challenging recreational activities.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Aggression - Violence (Physical aggression)
  • Aggression - Bullying/threatening
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills

Ages: 
Minimum Age Served:   7
Maximum Age Served:   17

Target Gender:   All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Referral Form
  • Other

Counties Served:
  • Wilkes
  • Mitchell
  • Watauga
  • Yancey

Payment Type:
  • No charge

Website:   http://www.projectchallengenc.org
RHA-INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Phone:   (828) 765-0894    or      (828) 765-0894 
Description of Services: 
Length of service:   4 to 6 months
We specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, conduct disorders, oppositional behaviors, and parental guidance. Sometimes therapist assist families and agencies i.e. Social Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, School System with help in research and placement of child in Assessment Centers or group homes if necessary.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • Family - Child Welfare Concerns
  • School - School Behavior
  • 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:   5
Maximum Age Served:   17

Target Gender:   All

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • Interview

Counties Served:
  • Mitchell

Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Health Choice
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
  • TRICARE

Website:   https://rhahealthservices.org
​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
  • Bully/threatening   Aggression   -   Violence (Physical Aggression)
  • Attitudes   -   Victim Awareness 
  • Attitudes   -   Attitudes towards 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

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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
​YOUTH TOWN OF TN
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Phone:   1 (888) 247-2036  or    1 (731) 988-5251
Address:    3641 Youth Town Rd, Pinson, TN 38366
Description of Services:    
Length of service:   4 to 6 months
Youth Town of Tennessee is a Christ-centered residential substance abuse treatment facility for boys and girls ages 12 to 18. Youth Town offers hope to boys, girls and their families through an environment embodying the unconditional love of Christ. The programs offered at Youth Town are adventure-based, set in a highly structured environment and accompany a strict daily schedule.

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

Ages Served:   12-18

Target Gender:   All

​Enrollment Requirement:
  • Interview
  • Referral Form
  • Other

Counties Served:
  • All NC counties 

Program Classification:
  • Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Substance use disorders
  • Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities

Payment Type:
  • Fee for Service
  • Medicaid
  • Private Insurance
  • TRICARE

Website:   http://www.youthtown.net
​YOUTH VILLAGES - INTERCEPT
Phone:   (828) 268-7200    or      (828) 268-7226
Address:   895 State Farm Rd bldg, 500 suite 506, Boone, NC 28607
Description of Services:    
Length of service:   4 to 6 months
Intercept - Family intervention specialists meet with families an average of 3 times per week. The Intercept program works in all areas of a child's life: individual, family, community, school and peers. Agency also provides - Life Set - Ages 17-22 for former foster youth and other vulnerable youth; and MST - Intensive therapy in the home with one counselor.


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
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Skills - Social Skills

Ages Served:  4-21

Target Gender:   All

After Hours Availability:
  • Weekends
  • Holidays
  • Evenings
  • 24/7

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Counties Served:
  • Alexander
  • Alleghany
  • Ashe
  • Avery
  • Caldwell
  • Mitchell
  • Watauga
  • Wilkes

Website:   http://youthvillages.org
YOUTH VILLAGES LIFESET PROGRAM
Phone:     (828) 268-7200
Address:   895 State Farm Rd bldg 500 suite 506, Boone, NC 28607
Description of Services:  
Length of service:   More than 6 months

The Youth Villages LifeSet Program will help young people who are leaving the foster care, juvenile justice, or mental health systems to successfully transition into adulthood. A successful transition includes maintaining stable and suitable housing, remaining free from legal involvement, participating in an educational/vocational program, and developing the life skills necessary to become a successful citizen.

Problem Areas Addressed:
  • Basic Needs
  • Health Care
  • Family - Family Relationship Quality
  • School - School Attachment
  • School - Performance
  • School - School Behavior
  • Community and Peers - Community
  • Community and Peers - Anti-Social Influences
  • Attitudes - Attitudes Toward Authority
  • Attitudes - Victim Awareness
  • Skills - Social Skills
  • Skills - Self-Regulation Skills
  • Employment and Free Time - Employment

Ages Served: 16-21

Target Gender:   All

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After Hours Availability:
  • 24/7

Enrollment Requirement:
  • Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
  • Interview

Counties Served:
  • All NC counties

Program Classification:
  • Individual and Family Support Services
  • Individual and Family Life
  • Life Skills Education

Payment Type:
  • Medicaid
  • No charge

Website:   http://www.youthvillages.org

Counties We Serve
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Mitchell
Watauga
Wilkes
Yancey
Parent to Parent FSN-HC
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2359 Highway 105 Boone, NC 28607
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Toll Free: 866-812-3122
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