Mission
The Academy provides accountable, effective, family-centered, community-based treatment services which are delivered in the least restrictive and most efficient manner

Values

• Commitment to Service…by acknowledging that the easy way is not always the best way and challenging oneself to find positive solutions.
• Education…as the cornerstone to constructive change.
• Outcomes… that are evidenced-based.
• The Individual… Every child matters
• Community…by developing a sense of belonging accomplished by valuing each community member as an investor in the mission of the Youth Academy and the client as a member of the community.
• Respect… that is earned by staff and client.
• Communication…as essential in delivering efficient and effective services.
• Re-Education… as the foundation on which programming is delivered.
• Family…as being a vital and inherent component of a child’s success.
• Safety and Well-Being…as the first component to treatment.
• Trust… as sacred and essential.
• Innovation…in programming to create a challenging environment that guides a child and family to reach their potential.

Goals

• To develop, maintain and nurture programming reflective of evolving client, family and community needs.
• To seize and exploit every opportunity as a learning moment.
• To provide evidenced-based practices that are rooted in the achievement of expected outcomes.
• Ensure that all programming is individualized and addresses each child’s needs.
• To engage stakeholders through acts of altruism and partnership so as to contribute socially and economically to the betterment of our community.
• To provide an environment where client and staff opinions and feelings are respected.
• To communicate with stakeholders on a free, open and continual basis.
• To maintain a solid focus that the principles of Re-Education are the driving force of the Youth Academy.
• To engage each client’s family as a valuable and critical component of the treatment process.
• To provide a safe and secure environment where clients and staff thrive.
• To manifest an environment to actualize the essence of trust in the relationship building process.
• To commit to the constant pursuit of innovative, efficient and state-of-the-art approaches that promulgate success