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Residential Centers

Located in rural communities, the Childhelp residential treatment facilities (known as villages) provide specialized, comprehensive treatment programs for court-referred, severely abused, neglected and at risk children. Typically, the children will have had a number of "failed" prior placements in the homes of their relatives, and in foster homes and group care facilities due to emotional and behavioral problems resulting from their severe abuse or neglect. The boys and girls represent various ethnic groups and receive individual, 24-hour care.

The staff of therapists, teachers, social workers and medical professionals provides a nurturing environment in which trust, self-esteem and healing can take root and grow. A combination of psychotherapy, education, art, music, animal-assisted, spiritual and recreation therapies are used. Children typically live at a Childhelp village between three months and two years. Then most of the children are able to succeed in less intensive settings. This includes transitioning to a Childhelp group or foster home, or returning to their parents or guardian.

Locations

The Childhelp Merv Griffin Village opened in 1978 as a residential treatment facility exclusively for severely abused children. Located near Palm Springs, California, this model program has received national and international recognition for innovation and excellence. The village has a capacity of 80 children ranging in age from six to thirteen years.

The Alice C. Tyler Village of Childhelp East is located in northern Virginia, outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The 260-acre residential treatment facility opened in 1993 to provide a continuum of healing services for severely abused, neglected and at risk children ages five through 14. The facility can accommodate up to 59 children when it is at capacity. A multidisciplinary treatment strategy provides children with an array of opportunities to experience success.

Group Homes

Childhelp operates community-based group homes in Southern California and Virginia. Childhelp staff provide residential treatment to a small number of children in a setting less restrictive than the residential treatment facilities (villages).

The group homes provide an intensive level of supervision and therapeutic services in order to prepare children for the transition to non-institutional care in foster homes, adoptive homes or the home of their family or relatives.

Therapeutic Foster Care

Childhelp foster care services in Southern California, Michigan and Tennessee provide short and long-term therapeutic foster care to abused and neglected children within a caring and safe environment in which they can continue their development.

Childhelp is licensed to recruit, screen, train, and certify foster care parents, and provides ongoing support to both foster parents and the children in their care.

Nationwide

Free crisis intervention and child abuse counseling is available from professional counselors 24 hours a day through the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). The hotline counselors also provide referrals to local agencies and adult survivor groups throughout the United States and Canada for ongoing support.

Arizona

Mental health services and child abuse counseling services are provided to child abuse victims and their families by appointment at the Childhelp Children's Center in central Phoenix. Therapists work with children ranging in age from three to eighteen years, and also are available to work with other family members when deemed appropriate. Spanish-language counseling services are available. For more information, call (602) 271-4500.

Tennessee

Mental health services available through the Childhelp Children's Advocacy Center of Knox County include assessment, crisis counseling, and follow-up counseling for child abuse victims and their non-offending family members.

Virginia

Out-patient child abuse counseling services for victims of abuse and non-offending family members are available at the Childhelp Children's Center of Virginia, provided by on-site staff from Child Protective Services and County Mental Health Services.

Childhelp Virginia also provides out-patient counseling to graduates of its residential treatment programs who reside in Childhelp Virginia foster care homes.

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