Childrens Aid Home Programs Of Somerset County Inc

Programs: Community based residential care. This program is a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week service for youth 12 to 18 years of age. Youth are usually court committed to this service to receive assistance with the family, school, behavioral, and/or emotional circumstances which led to the placement. The program is staffed around the clock and provides structure, guidance, support and supervision to these youth. Services are designed to assist youth to achieve a return home or to an alternative family/community living arrangement.

partial hospitalization program. This program service provides day treatment services for youth ages 12 to 18 years who are experiencing mental health difficulties. These difficulties will show in family relationship conflicts, school/educational problems, and/or behavioral/emotional problems. Youth receive services 6 hours per day, 5 days per week in the form of counseling, group work, and psychiatric care. Their educational needs are met by the iu08 or somerset area school district with support and assistance by program staff. All care and services are designed to help youth integrate back to the community and public school.

foster care. This program provides a 24 hour per day living arrangement for children and youth ages infant to 18 years with a community family. These children and youth are experiencing family, school, behavioral, and/or emotional circumstances which led to the placement. Casework staff recruits, approves, and monitors families to provide care for the children and youth. The casework staff and foster families work with the children and youth toward normal development and achieving permanency. This permanency will be a return to their biological family or through adoption. Support and assistance is provided throughout the placement process.