Services for Children and Teens (5-17 years)
Children and youth live and develop in many different settings and through many different relationships, including those with their parents and families, peer groups, neighborhoods, and schools. Positive, healthy relationships and experiences have a great influence on a child’s or youth’s ability to cope with problems or achieve later success. Negative or unhealthy relationships and experiences have a similar influence. We offer a range of services to prevent problems from occurring as well as to address problems that that exist.
Types of Services
We have many programs and services for families of children and teens, including:
- Mental health and substance use disorder services for children and their families.
- Counseling and case management for families that are at risk of child abuse or neglect.
- Group services to help parents whose children are in out-of-home placements develop the parenting skills they need to bring their children back home.
- A crisis shelter (The Bridge) for runaway or homeless teens.
- Counseling and case management for homeless youth.
- Family mentors and volunteers.
- Community service, mentoring and leadership skill building for at-risk youth.
- Group services for youth with delinquent behaviors.
Service Locations
Our services for children and teens are offered on our Main Campus, in the home, or at selected community locations. The Bridge, our runaway teen shelter, is located at our Main Campus.
For More Information
To learn more about these services, please contact Arbor Circle at (616) 456-6571. Please call (616) 451-3001 to reach The Bridge.
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