Crittenton Services for Children and Families

To avoid long-term institutionalization of youth with serious mental health or behavioral issues, Crittenton provides various clinical and strength-based interventions to keep the family together and help avoid system-involvement. These interventions can include Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services and Wraparound Services. Depending on the setting, Crittenton provides group, family, and individual therapy; rehabilitation services, case management, and therapeutic behavioral serices.

At the first substantiated incident of abuse or neglect, resources are sent into the family home to strengthen family functioning and to help keep children safe in their homes. This program provides both in-home and center based services to families in crisis.

Designed for youth who are aging out of the foster care system and are in need of additional support and resources during their transitional phase into adulthood. Under Crittenton’s Stepping Stones Program our TAY clients are offered comprehensive resources such as independent living skills programming, mental health services, and affordable transitional housing to assist clients stay safe, stable, healthy and emotionally resilient.

Crittenton's community-based mental health teams are assigned to coach and help families and their children obtain a positive quality of life, mental health, and well-being. Staff provides in-home or community-based counseling and other support services as well as access to community linkages to resources they may need to improve their quality of life. Among these community-based programs include the Parent and Child Interaction Therapy Program and the School and Community Linked Outpatient Mental Health Program.

Crittenton’s Residential Services is just one component of a broad array of programming for youth in need of short-term care and mental health intervention and support. Our priority is to provide an environment where our youth can regain resiliency, stability, safety and family reunification out of our system of care. Under contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Crittenton provides children and youth 24/7 short-term residential care. Services include housing, medical, educational services, recreational services, and individual and group counseling. Youth in this program are screened for human trafficking trauma, child abuse, and/or neglect prior to a determination of the status of their individual cases. Clients stay with Crittenton until agency staff are able to find biological family, extended family, or other legal guardians that can assume responsibility for the well-being of the youth. We remain committed to supporting all youth that may need help and a safe haven. It is imperative to our mission that we continue to deliver trauma-informed, strength-based, and culturally appropriate services that adhere to the ideals of positive youth development.