This facility is a licensed, self-contained, non-secure residential facility operated by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The facility has private, semi-private, dormitory and pre-independent housing. The State Department of Education operates a fully accredited on-grounds school. Selected youth attend the local school in Elkins, WV.
The West Virginia Children's Home program is designed to provide social services to youth ages 12-18 years old from all 55 West Virginia counties who are dependent, neglected delinquent. These youth cannot make a successful adjustment in the natural home, foster home or group home due to the youth's behaviors and attitudes.
The facility is staffed 24 hours a day. Staff provide supportive services by scheduling and supervising the following activities:
Program Components
- Competitive Sports
- Therapeutic Games
- Sports Learning
- Arts and Crafts
- Sewing
- Weightlifting
- Outdoor Camping/Hiking
- Social Skills Learning
- School Newspaper
- Swimming (on-grounds pool)
- Basic Living Skills
- Drug and Alcohol Education/Prevention
- Community Work
- Leisure Time Management
- Peer Group Counseling
- Tutoring
- First Aid/CPR Training
- Nutrition Training/Food Handlers Card