The Children's Village

Short-term residential services:the Children's Village (cv) provides various short-term therapeutic residential services for children and youth. Today, The Children's Village (cv) is widely recognized for spearheading The Children's residential care reforms that are transforming practice and policy. Cv helped design and pass The federal family first prevention services act (ffpsa) of 2018. The ffpsa reduces reliance on family separation and residential care and directs federal funds for family support. In new york, The Children's Village provides The broadest range of short-term, evidence-based, and evidence-informed, family-focused residential care for teens. We strive to provide family and unconditional belonging for children and youth needlessly separated from family. Physical and psychological health: our pediatricians, medical and behavioral health teams provide care for more than 2,000 children each year. In addition, we operate a short-term 21-day co-ed Children's crisis residence. Our psychiatrists, psychologists and licensed social workers provide individual and group therapy and support to more than 1,000 children and teens struggling with hurt, trauma, and mental health issues.

Physical and psychological health: cv's pediatricians provide medical care for more than 600 at-risk children each year on our residential campus in dobbs ferry and at our clinic in The bronx. In addition, we operate a crisis residence for boys and girls in short term crisis and our psychiatrists, psychologists and licensed social workers provide both individual and group therapy and support to more than 1,000 children and teens struggling with trauma and mental health issues.

Community:our community programs served over 13,000 youth and families throughout new york. Programs include foster and adoptive homes for children, intergenerational community centers, in-school programs in 45 public schools, supports for young adults touched by The justice and juvenile justice systems and a variety of evidence-based, intensive family support programs. In westchester and rockland counties, we provide services teens who trafficked, homeless and street involved. These services include, safe, beautiful, and affordable homes, runaway shelters, transitional living apartments, education and employment centers, emergency hotlines, and street outreach programs.