| St. Mary’s Home Core Programs and Services |
- Residential Treatment
- Crisis Stabilization
- Transitional Living Program
- Therapeutic Foster Care
- Educational Programs
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| St. Mary’s Home Residential Treatment |
 Serves children removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect and who cannot receive treatment in less restrictive settings- Serves 44 children
- Provides 24 hour supervision
- Provides group, individual and some family therapy
- Provides educational services
- Provides mental and physical health services
- Provides socialization, recreational and spiritual services
- Serves children for an average length of 12 months
- Provides continuum of services based on children’s needs
- Aims to move children to less restrictive settings
- Serves males and females 6 to 18 years of age
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| St. Mary’s Home Crisis Stabilization |
- Provides evaluations consisting of social and functional components
- Refers children to appropriate services and placements to reach their potential
- Provides similar services of Residential Treatment
- Serves up to 8 children
- Serves children for 14 days
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| St. Mary’s Home Transitional Living Program |
- Provides homeless youth services to transition successfully into permanent housing
- Provides counseling and skills training
- Serves homeless youth 18 to 22 years of age who attend school and/or work, who meet HUD’s eligibility criteria for homeless, and who have not been in State custody
- Collaborates with existing service providers to assist youth in gaining independence
- Provides housing for up to 24 months
- Provides supportive services and transportation assistance
- Serves 4 to 6 young adults in supportive housing or community housing
- Sets goal for all residents to find permanent housing
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| St. Mary’s Therapeutic Foster Care |
- Acquired program from Catholic Social Services in October 2005
- Recruits and trains specialized families to provide care for children who cannot live at home and who do not require residential treatment services
- Provides children and families 24 hour access to master level therapist and family consultant
- Serves 24 children and their siblings
- Provides monthly group therapy for the children and educational group sessions for the Therapeutic Foster Care parents
- Provides support to the biological families with a permanency plan of reunification
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| St. Mary’s Home
Educational Programs - Transitional Learning Center |
- Unique partnership with Mobile County Public School System and the State Department of Education
- On-site classroom with a teacher from Mobile County Public School System
- Program prevents children from expulsion from school
- Program determines best school placement and educational level for the children
- St. Mary’s Home social worker visits schools daily to ensure we serve the children’s educational needs
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| St. Mary’s Home
Educational Programs -
Trail Blazer Academy |
- On campus school for children in the intensive residential program who cannot be served safely in the public school system
- Funded through State Department of Education and SMH
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