Special Services

The Special Services Program, licensed by the New York State Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), offers a stable and safe living environment for hard-to-place youth. Program staff members and therapists assist boys (ages 12 - 17) toward a more socially appropriate and safer level of functioning. This includes improving decision-making skills, anger management, and family/peer relationships. In order to be referred to the program, residents must have been rejected from placement by several other child care agencies due to their serious emotional and behavioral problems. The program provides a 2:1 staffing ratio.