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Children's Services
Recovery Center, Youth Residential Treatment Center
The Recovery Center is a 16-bed Residential Treatment program treating male adolescents with a substance abuse diagnosis. Children bring to the program not only substance abuse issues, but also a history of family, legal, physical/sexual abuse, and mental health issues. The program offers counseling and supportive services, education, medical service and a structured environment that stresses developing healthy coping and problem-solving skills to deal with family or personal life problems, increasing past discharge resiliency.
The Recovery Center also houses an on site school accredited by the Columbia County School Board and staffed by a full time, state certified teacher who provides elementary and high school course instruction to residents. Daily physical education and recreation supplement academic and treatment services.
Children are referred to the program by parents, family members, court system via Marchman Act orders, Department of Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of Children and Families, Partnership for Strong Families, ministers, physicians and other community agencies.