Program areas at Crisis Center
Alternative house is an emergency shelter for children and youth, providing temporary shelter for boys and girls, ages 10 to 20, who have run away, been pushed out of their homes, abused or neglected. While at alternative house, youth receive counseling, transportation to and from their home schools and to medical and other services, tutoring, recreation, youth development activities and follow-up. Alternative house "promises" program is a longer-term care program for youth up to age 20.
Teen court is a youth development and delinquency prevention program which provides a youth-run court for youthful offenders who are referred by area police departments. The goal of the program is to provide a learning experience in personal responsibility and citizenship.
988 program is a national three-digit dialing code hotline for calls from individuals experiencing mental health-related distress, thoughts of suicide, mental health Crisis, substance use Crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress.
Safe place is a program which employs a network of volunteer businesses that display safe place signs indicating their willingness to offer fast, free, immediate safety to young people. Crisis Center's staff provides transportation from the business to alternative house, the agency's emergency shelter, where professional services are provided to the young person and, in some cases, the youth's family.