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DBH West Residential Care
This program provides housing and therapeutic treatment services for up to forty-one youth. DBH West is located on the west side of Detroit, and is Don Bosco Hall's first, oldest and longest running Residential program. This program specializes in caring for and supporting youth that require a more structured and healing environment due to emotional difficulties that stem from living in an environment that had problems with domestic violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse and/or neglect.
Admission Criteria:
- Boys 12 to 18 years old
Length of Placement:
- 8 to 12 months
Primary Services:
Psychological Assessment
Psychiatric Testing (as needed)
Individual Consultation
Group and Family Counseling
Parent Support Group
Educational Assessment Planning and Tutoring
Routine Medical and Dental Care
Neurological Testing (as needed)
Recreational Activities
Computer and Manual Arts Training
Substance Abuse Education and Prevention
Referrals are made by:
Family Independence Agency
Detroit-Wayne Mental Health Agency
Call (313) 834-8677 for referrals and information
Sutton House
Sutton House is a low security, community-based open setting treatment program. Sutton House employs a multi-disciplined approach to residential treatment. The program specializes in caring for young men who are at the beginning stages of delinquency and misdemeanor conduct. The focus of this program is to provide immediate intervention to prevent further engagement with the juvenile justice system. All Treatment Specialists are aware of each individual resident's needs, and work cooperatively to meet them. Staff members are trained to assure care, welfare, safety and security are a priority. The focus of the program is to strengthen each young mans self management skills.
Admission Criteria:
Boys 12 to 17 years old
Length of Placement:
06 to 09 months
Program Treatment:
A Residential facility with a licensed bed capacity for 38 adolescent boys, 12-17 years old
Services Provided:
Educational assessments and support services
Crisis counseling
Individual group and family counseling
Medical, dental and optical services
Recreational programming
Psychological evaluations
Psychiatric consultations as needed
*All maintenance services as mandated in the State of Michigan's Licensing Rules for Child Caring Institutions.
These services are offered in a milieu designed to provide structure and support in a less restrictive setting when home placement is not an option.
Community Management Organizations
Wayne County Juvenile Justice
Referrals are made by:
Call (313) 834-9922 for referrals and information
Depaul Youth Treatment Center
A medium-security mental health facility, the Center is managed by trained Don Bosco Hall staff. The Center will provide short and long term mental health treatment services.
Behavior Health Services Program:
Will serve youth referred by the Wayne County Care Management Orgranizations
27 Boys, 12 to 17 years old
Average length of stay will range from a minimum of 6 months, to a maximum of 9 months
Specialized programming developed and implemented by core clinical mental health professionals
Community resources are used for ancillary therapeutic activities
Less restrictive than in-patient hospitalization, but more restrictive than outpatient treatment
An appropriately secure environment for adolescents who require 24-hour treatment with intensive surveillance, and controls of a traditional hospital setting
Emphasis on group therapy and life skills/prevention
Academic instruction
Individual and family therapy
Nursing and psychiatric assessments
Problems with drug use and abuse addressed through the collaborative relationship with the Ennis Center's substance abuse staff
"least restrictive level of care" for youth diagnoses
Placement requires a minimum of 3 of the Severity of Illness Criteria for Residential Treatment:
- Conduct and oppositional disorders
Borderline IQ
Major Depression
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
Personality disorders
Bipolar disorders
Call (313) 267-0043 for referrals and information
Independent and transitional living services are those services and activities designed to help older youth in foster care make the transition to independent living.
Supervised Independent Living Program (SIL), provides supportive services, and living maintenance to adolescent male youth. The purpose of SIL is to assist youth that have demonstrated the minimum requirements for living independently to progress toward their goal of independence. Youth can emancipate from SIL and receive services from the Youth In Transition program until the maximum eligibility age of 20 years old.
Placement is primarily designed for mature youth that are unable to live in a family living arrangement but may not be prepared for a less supervised independent living arrangement. These youth may be ready to progress to a less restrictive living arrangement than a group home or residential setting.
- A youth lives with an agency approved unlicensed adult who parent, functions in more of a mentoring capacity. The youth is expected to function more independently while still following the house rules. This type of placement may be ideal for the youth that has a permanency plan of independence and needs structure and supervision to achieve that goal.
Comprehensive community-based support services programs for youth and families living in and around identified high-risk areas. The program operates during the academic school year and provides special summer school programming at some locations.
Services Provided:
- Variety of Cultural Arts
- Recreation
- Tutorial services
- Counseling and school-based services
- Health-related services
- Advocacy and referral services
Call (313) 493-9129 for information
