Baldwin Youth Services Inc

During the year october 1, 2023 to september 30, 2024, baldwin youth services, inc. Has provided shelter care services to over 100 children. Of those youth: some were foster children placed by county department of human resources agencies awaiting a more permanent placement; some children who were placed either by juvenile probation or already adjudicated as chins (child in need of supervision) children by juvenile court and were placed by the juvenile court judge; some were children placed by the parent or legal custodian who were having difficulty with their children at home and were in need of crisis intervention services. The children were able to remain enrolled and counted present in their current school by attending our on-campus school program. They also received weekly group counseling, daily life skills training, and were provided with clothing and necessary toiletry/hygiene items during their stay. During this same time frame our boys' home provided services to boys and our girls' home provided services to girls. Each child was placed at our facility by baldwin county juvenile court judge as a community based corrections program to provide services to the children. The average length of stay for a child at either group home is six months. While in our home the children attended public school, received weekly counseling, received daily life skills training, and had the opportunity to earn weekend passes to visit with their family on the weekends. Together with their parents, the children placed at our group homes attended our pact (parent and child training) parenting program facilitated by a clinical psychologist. A total of over 40 families benefitted from the classes, which are provided free of charge and open to the general public, in addition to being provided to our families involved with bys.