Youth Empowerment Program
The Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) was created to be less intensive than partial
hospitalization, residential and hospitalization, but more intensive than regular
outpatient care. The YEP provides a community-based placement intervention for youth who:
- are on a waiting list for more intensive services,
- need a step-down from hospitalization, residential placement or
partial hospitalization,
- have not benefited from traditional outpatient therapy.
Specifics of the Youth Empowerment Program:
- Serves youth ages 12 through 17
- Provides an intensive half-day therapeutic/academic program for 12-15
weeks. (The academic component is optional)
- Includes four days of treatment per week (Monday through Thursday)
- Provides family therapy, individual therapy, group therapy and
psychiatric services (as needed)
- Offers collaboration with home school to provide transition planning
- Staffed by a multidisciplinary multimodal team of Mental Health
Professionals
- Accepts referrals from managed care organizations, local school
districts, psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, hospitals, residential facilities,
Juvenile Court, Montgomery County Children Services and others.
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