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As a residential treatment center, St. Vincent Home for Children provides round-the-clock care for youth who require therapeutic services to deal with moderate, severe, or intensive emotional disturbance, behavior disorders, and/or mental health diagnoses. Our program is designed to provide intensive treatment which will enable youth to transition to less restrictive home-like settings. All services are provided in a nurturing environment designed to help kids improve their self-esteem, learn, and move toward reaching their full-potential as productive members of our community.
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Accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) which maintains the highest national standards for Residential Treatment Centers
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Licensed by the State of Missouri, Department of Social Services, Children's Division
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Capacity: 41
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Referrals accepted for males ages 12 - 18
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Admissions can occur 24 hours a day
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Licensed Master's Level Therapists provide Individual & Group Therapy
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Recreational Therapy, Art Therapy & Arts Mentoring Services
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Life Skills, Violence Prevention & Anger Management Groups
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Wellness Program: Yoga, Aerobics, & Martial Arts
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Group & Individual Percussion Lessons
The State of Missouri provides approximately 50% of the funding necessary to provide the care and treatment services necessary for the children in our care. The balance comes from the generosity of friends, alumni, foundations, corporations and the United Way.
Our Family Focus services provide up to nine months of intensive therapy, case management and crisis intervention services to eligible residents and their families. These services are designed to expedite the child's successful return to the family of origin or another placement resource from residential treatment. The services include assistance in obtaining community resources, 24-hour crisis intervention, therapy, respite care and access to hard services.
The assigned Family Focus Specialist assesses the home setting, provides services within the home to stabilize and strengthen the family structure and assists the family to utilize community supports to reduce their dependency on Children's Division.
Family therapy is designed to address the issues negatively affecting the family structure. All children and families are eligible to receive family therapy while the child is with us and following the child's discharge. Therapy may also be continued after a child is returned to his/her family in order to ease the transition and ensure that the family structure can be maintained on a long-term basis. In addition, family therapy is available to individuals desiring to become foster or adoptive parents of a child in our care.
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