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Therapeutic Group Homes

When community options aren’t sufficient, small therapeutic homes provide structured, trauma-informed care with strong education continuity and planned step-down supports.

Logic Model

  • Population: youth needing short-term residential stabilization with clinical supports.
  • Intervention: small-group home; therapy + skill building; tight school coordination.
  • Mechanisms: stability + practice + coached family contact.
  • Outcomes: symptom reduction; school persistence; step-down success.

Implementation Notes

  • Staff training/fidelity; 1:4–1:6 staffing; daily routines and school transport.
  • Family sessions; reentry plan begins on day one; aftercare provider looped in.
  • Average length of stay: time-limited; equity access reviewed quarterly.

Outcomes (Schema)

  • Initiation (admitted), Completion (planned discharge), Improvement (clinical/school markers).
  • Step-down stability at 90/180 days; re-hospitalization/return-to-placement rates.

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