Juvenile Justice Service Directory

Intensive In-Home (IIH) is a home and community based treatment designed to meet the needs of families who are having a difficult time managing the behavior of a child with a diagnosed mental health need.

Home and community based treatment designed to meet the needs of families who are having a difficult time managing the behavior of a child with a diagnosed mental health need. Provides concentrated treatment to address a current crisis and/or to decrease the risk of a youth being removed from their home. IIH can also assist with successful reunification with their family.

A licensed individual is available to complete a comprehensive clinical assessment to make recommendations for mental health assessment.

MST is a highly supervised and consulted program that uses the Family Preservation Model of service delivery. MST views individuals as being nested within many interconnected systems that include individual, family, peer, and community factors.

MST utilizes an evidenced based approach that builds support and skills to deal with problems such as illegal activity, truancy, substance abuse, running away and aggression

MST is an intensive family & community based treatment program that addresses the multiple determinants of antisocial behavior in adolescents. MST is research focused and outcome driven. It has proven to be a cost effective program that aims to decrease the rates of incarceration & out-of-home placements.

Comprehensive Clinical Assessment and Out-patient therapy associated with level II residential MH placement.

Alexander's Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility is located on the campus of Alexander Children's Center in Charlotte. The 36-bed treatment unit serves children ages 5-14 with severe emotional, behavioral and psychological problems who need a highly structured, therapeutic environment. All services are provided under the direction of a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist with nursing on site 24-hours a day. Individualized treatment plans are designed by an interdisciplinary

Our trained parents provide a safe, structured and therapeutic home environment for children and adolescents with emotional and/or behavioral health needs that make it difficult for them to be safely maintained in their home natural environment. All children are provided with therapeutic supports to prepare them to safely transition back home or to a lower level of care.

Areas of therapeutic specialty include:..Behavior management for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder;..Therapy for past traumatic issues related to physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, domestic violence and/or loss of biological family;..Developing appropriate anger management techniques; and..Pre- and Post-Adoption counseling for children and parents adopting difficult-to-place youth.