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Causes: Human Services, Residential Care & Adult Day Programs
Mission: St. John's provides a structured therapeutic setting for boys and young men from all five boroughs in nyc between the ages of 12 and 21.
Programs: A non-secure placement program under the close to home initiative for 12 adolescent males on our campus. This program provides a safe and secure residential setting for adjudicated youth, close to their families and neighborhoods. The boys live in a family style apartments and attend our on-grounds school. The apartment is equipped with cameras and alarms to ensure maximum safety for youth, staff and the community.
residential treatment center (rtc) offers a home-like setting in its three family-style apartments, where youth are assigned to semi-private bedrooms with shared recreational and living facilities.
non-secure detention (nsd) group home is located in a private home in the richmond hill sections of queens. The capacity of the group home is ten boys. Youth who have been arrested for low-level crimes stay in the group home while their cases are proceeding. This is a short term program with a goal of detaining youth in a home-like setting. The boys attend a special school for nsd youth.