Emergency Shelter Care
Emergency shelter care is a temporary placement, providing 24-hour care for a child who must be immediately removed from their own home or other placement and for whom no other appropriate placement is available. This program will provide short term care for children from birth to age 17.
CBKN maintains two shelter care facilities. Each home can accomodate up to six children. The first home cares for older boys and the second home cares for younger boys and girls of all ages. The shelter will meet the child's needs both emotionally and physically until a more permanent placement can be located.
The goals of emergency shelter care are as follows:
The following services will be available to all children in shelter care:
- Balanced Meals
- Clothing appropriate to age, sex, and season
- Crisis Intervention
- Assistance with school work/tutoring
- 24-hour supervision
- Daily living skills training
- Social skills training
- Access to professional and educational services
- Access to recreational and cultural enrichment activities
- Additional community resource
The child will be referred or provided with the following services, if deemed appropriate:
- Individual and/or group therapy
- Psychiatric Services
- Medication Management
- Additional Educational Services
- Day Care
- Visitation with family
- Art therapy
- Play therapy
- Music therapy
- Family therapy
- Independent or Pre-independent Living Programs
The children will participate in a structured day. The shelter will operate on a level system where children will be able to earn privileges (appropriate to age). Children will be given chores at the shelter.
Staff is trained extensively on issues such as the disciplining of children, management of aggressive behavior, First Aid, CPR and the reporting of child abuse and neglect.
The children will attend local public schools, medical, dental, and vision services will be provided by the Clay County Health Department.
The childs needs will be assessed and all services will be coordinated by CBKN counselors. All other services will be provided through referrals to provider agencies such as Clay Behavioral Health Center.
