Project Return

Residential Program: The Program provides a safe, caring, and therapeutic environment for adolescent girls who are unable to live at home, either temporarily or permanently. The residence accomodates seven girls at any one time. Served ten girls last year. In addition, Project Return has outreach and training programs that include internship programs, mentoring programs, community workshops, and placement consultations. Serves fifty girls annually.

Clinical Care Services: The Organization provides clinical care services, which is unique in its therapeutic and psychodynamic approach. The program deals with a range of traumas such as emotional, sexual and physical abuse, loss of one or both parents, severe neglect, and psychological disorders. The clinical care services include therapeutic groups for the residents, counseling of current residents and their families, case management, training of staff mentors and interns, and evaluation of residents.

Aftercare and Transitional Living Services: This program helps the girls transition into their new environments once they leave the program. The Aftercare Program provides safety-net services to former residents who have no family or other well-developed support networks in place and facilitates the on-going well-being of alumnae. Last year we housed one young woman and served twenty-five others through our support networks.

HEAL: During 2008 Project Return implemented HEAL (Health, Empathy, Altruism, and Love). HEAL is a non residential outreach program that brings troubled adolescent girls from the community together with their peers to participate in volunteer service. Feelings of well-being, optimism, confidence, and success are inspired. Served twenty-four girls.