Harborcreek Youth Services (HYS)

Harborcreek Youth Services is a Type 01 Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF). The agency is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. PRTF candidates must meet the medical necessity criteria as determined by a licensed Psychiatrist. HYS provides treatments to male youths entering the program between the ages of ten and eighteen who are diagnosed with a mental health disorder and who usually have delinquency and/or dependency issues. HYS also provides a Private Residential Rehabilitative Institution (PRRI) School.

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a family and community based treatment model that addresses the mental and behavioral health needs of children through the use of a highly intensive clinical model. MST is a time limited, intensive family preservation intervention intended to stabilize living arrangements, promote reunification, or prevent and reduce the utilization of out-of-home therapeutic resources (i.e, therapeutic foster care, Residential treatment facility, and in-home/community use of child specific, therapeutic support services).