Oftentimes it can feel as if there are no resources for at-risk youth outside of their immediate home and that can snowball into dangerous outcomes very easily. They rely on their caretakers for direction and that isn’t always the right, or only, answer.

Fortunately, places like the Children’s Home of Stockton exist to offer resources to youth that are at a disposition. Consisting of a 34-bed, short-term residential therapeutic program and more, the Children’s Home of Stockton offers the highest level of care for at-risk youth between the ages of 12 and 18.

Established in 1882 by a group of women seeking to offer charitable services to the city of Stockton, this non-profit is now one of the largest social service organizations in Stockton and the only licensed Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program in San Joaquin County serving at-risk youth for the past 139 years.

Children’s Home of Stockton offers three main therapeutic and educational services to aid the at-risk youth of Stockton with their mission statement in mind;

“It is the mission and goal of Children’s Home of Stockton to provide a means for youth in our program to successfully transition back to a safe living environment which can include reunification, or in some cases transitioning into independent living or a transition housing program. It is our goal to have our youth leave and transition back into the community as young adults and to have the necessary knowledge, skills and support to do so.”

To meet their goal of creating an environment that models civility, expects responsibility, and promotes kindness, they have implemented Medi-Cal certified residential services, transitional care, and specialty mental health services. According to their website, the Children’s Home of Stockton provides approximately 150 children and adolescents with comprehensive educational and therapeutic services every calendar year. As quote from their website; “These services include an initial assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention services, medication support and management, intensive care coordination, in-home based services (where appropriate), mental-health rehabilitative services, collateral therapy, family therapy and targeted case management.”

Children’s Home of Stockton is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and is located at 430 N. Pilgrim St., Stockton, CA 95205. To get in contact with their administration office you can reach them at 209-466-0853 or email at jgomez@chsstk.org. If you’d like more information on the short-term residential program, you can reach their residential director, Matthew Nomura, at 209-395-3564 or e-mail him at mnomura@chsstk.org or reach out directly to their intake coordinator, Lena Mayo, at 209-395-3532 or e-mail her at lmayo@chsstk.org. For contact information regarding their transitional aftercare program, you can reach out to their aftercare coordinator, Lisa Jordan, at 209-395-3551 or by e-mail at ljordan@chsstk.org. Lastly, for specialty mental health services you can get into contact with their clinical director, Katelyn Wells, at 209-395-3531 or by e-mail at kwells@chsstk.org.​

Christy Price

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