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Residential Treatment

Our Maximum Watchful Oversight/MWO program provides residential care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The program serves female adolescents ages 12-18 years old.  Each cottage provides a family style living model with a common living area, kitchen, and laundry facility.

Each cottage is staffed by a professional team which works together with the resident and family/custodian to establish an Individual Service Plan (ISP) for each resident. The team model helps create a consistent therapeutic program enabling staff to find creative ways to help each resident reach her goals and achieve her potential.

All residents must attend public school. Some residents attend GED school or other appropriate academic settings to engage them towards their success. We have an Education Specialist on staff that works closely with the schools to maintain a good relationship and to make the transition into a new school as supportive as possible for the incoming student. Since many of our residents have not had prior success in school, we have created a tutoring program which provides opportunities for students to improve their academic success.

PROGRAM GOALS

  • Reunification with family when possible
  • Healthy coping abilities
  • SMART goal setting and supportive interventions
  • Positive community connections and experiences
  • Enhanced daily living skills
  • Academic achievement

CRITERIA

  • Ages 12 – 18 with MWO waiver
  • Must be able to attend public school setting
  • No current substance or self harm /harm to others behaviors
  • Must make a full commitment to the program

APPLICATION PROCESS

  • You may apply by speaking with the Intake Department at 770-483-3535 or email at intake@elksaidmore.com
  • We currently review the DFCS Universal Application and trauma assessment/psychological
  • You may fax a completed application to 770-648-7320 or mail an application to: 2394 Morrison Road Conyers, Georgia 3009
For questions regarding admission in the residential program, transitional living program and independent living program please contact us at 770-483-3535 or by email at our centralized email: intake@elksaidmore.com

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM CONSIDERATION CRITERIA

Girls age 12 – 18 (younger ages considered with an age waiver). Residents 18- 21 years of age are considered for our Independent Living Program. Referrals are accepted through the Department of Family and Children Services, and the Multi Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC).

Favorable Criteria:

Youth who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment and have experienced trauma and need a safe place to heal from the emotional effects of the trauma; of average intelligence and able to function in a public-school setting.

Unfavorable Criteria:

Chemically dependent individuals, those who have exhibited aggressive or dangerous behaviors to self or others (needing 24-hour, secure supervision); individuals with histories of dangerous crimes (arson, assault, weapons charges, etc.); severely developmentally delayed and/or neurological impaired youth, individuals expressing active suicidal ideations, youth who have not been stabilized in psychotropic medications (60 days or more) or on medications which cannot be safely administered and monitored by cottage staff, those diseased to the point of endangering other residents and/or staff. It is the policy of Elks Aidmore, Inc., that no residents shall be allowed to smoke or use any other tobacco products.