Because of our partners, donors...
At MCHS, our Residential Treatment program has been serving youth since its founding in 1917. At our 80-acre campus in Redford, MI, we are able to serve up to 18 youth, ages 8-18. These young people arrive at MCHS searching for hope, love, safety, and support, things that every child deserves and needs.
After transitioning from home to home, averaging
five times in two and a half years, the boys who enter
our care are hoping for a chance to enjoy their childhoods while also healing from the immense
trauma they have endured.
Our youth live, learn, grow and play on campus as it serves as “home” until they find the permanency of a loving family. Each of our cottages are complete with 10 individual and private rooms for each child, two living areas, a full kitchen and dining room where children dine family-style. The cottages are just a few steps away from other programs and activities including on-grounds education, gymnasium, outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, movie/game room, a dedicated activities cottage and so much more!
At MCHS, it is our job to treat, heal and prepare youth for the futures they deserve. Since 2017, MCHS has been on a five-year strategic plan to implement a Trauma-informed Care (TIC) model which involves a paradigm shift and changes in the way we communicate, utilize therapy and interact with youth. Part of TIC means eliminating physical restraints, a common practice used at residential treatment facilities in an effort to deescalate a child from harming himself or others. For so many of youth, MCHS is the only reprieve from an abusive past. We owe it to our children and to our community to stop the cycle of re-traumatizing children. In 2020, MCHS became the first residential treatment program in the midwest to become restraint-free!”. We continue our journey toward a true trauma-informed model of care, creating brighter futures for each child in our residential treatment program.
Our Residential Treatment program is more than just being a home to children in foster care. Our services span a wide range of healing and restorative practices for children and their families!
It takes a village. Our work is made possible by the community partners and donors who stand by our side.
We are a child and family service agency providing foster care, adoption, mental health, education, housing, and community-based services throughout Michigan.
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