Haynes Family of Programs

Haynes Education Center includes Bliss Academy, School for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Joan Macy School, and Renaissance Community Prep, School for Behavior and Learning Diversity. During the 2021-2022 fiscal year, 315 boys and girls attended the state certified K-12 non-public schools. Students received educational, behavioral and therapeutic services. The special education program for youth ages 5 to 22 provides specialized instruction tracks leading to high school completion and college entrance for boys in residence and youth in the community.S.T.A.R. Academy is a state approved non-public agency that offers educational specialists providing services in the home or school and supporting individualized education program meetings. During the fiscal year, 515 students received services in their home, school or hospital.

Haynes Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program delivered short-term intensive treatment practices, intervention and continuum of care services up to 50 male teens. In addition to a nurturing home and supportive services, the program focuses on sustained reunification with family or placement in a foster family. Youth in the program are under the jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services.

Mental Health Services were provided to 196 youth in residence and those in the community. Children and their families learned to manage frustration, depression and feelings of isolation. Programming for mental health services includes prevention and early intervention, recovery, resiliency and reintegration, treatment teams and child and family therapeutic services.Wraparound services were provided to 48 children transitioning from foster care to the family home and those in jeopardy of placement as well as to their family members. Services are provided in their home/community to strengthen the family. The program engages the family as its members indentify their own needs and create methods and a plan to meet those needs. Wraparound offers intensive, individualized services and supports to families that will allow children to live and grow up in a safe, stable, permanent family environment.