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Females, ages 12 - 18 (younger ages considered if part
of a sibling group in which older youth is place at Elks Aidmore). In the Preparation
for Independent Living Program residents may be 21 years of age.
Status offenders, youth who have been removed from their
homes due to abuse, neglect, andlor abandonment; of average intelligence and able
to function in a public school setting without requiring self-contained classroom
instruction; the availability of adequate funding to meet the youth's physical,
emotional, and educational needs, a strong family/custodian support for the placement
and commitment to professional partnership in the resolution of the presenting
problem(s).
Chemically
dependent individuals, those who have exhibited aggressive or dangerous behaviors
to self or others (needing 24-hour, secure supervision); individuals with histories
of dangerous crimes (arson, assault, weapons charges, etc.); severely developmentally
delayed and/or neurological impaired youth, individuals expressing active suicidal
ideations, youth who have not been stabilized in psychotropic medications (60
days or more) or on medications which cannot be safely administered and monitored
by cottage staff, those diseased to the point of endangering other residents and/or
staff. It is the policy of the Center that no resident shall be allowed to smoke
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