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Buxmont Academy and Community Service Foundation - Family Group Decision Making

531 Main Street, 1st Floor, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Eligibility

Children and youth ages 12 to 18 and their parents/caregivers

Hours

Call for information.

Application process

Call for information

Fees

Services free of charge

Service area

Bucks, PA
Chester, PA
Delaware, PA
Montgomery, PA

Other Information

Age Group

Adolescents/Teens (13-17)

Description

Brings together family and friends to support and help parents and caregivers develop a plan for the future of their family. Helps youth to take responsibility for their actions and gives families decision-making power in issues that affect them. Provides trained facilitators to provide a safe space to ensure every voice is heard to: A) Enable youth to take control of their own lives B) Help youth to create a hopeful plan for the future C) Build collaborative relationships with service providers

Providing organization

Buxmont Academy and Community Service Foundation

Provides programs for troubled and at-risk youth in eastern Pennsylvania. Clients include boys and girls, grades 6 to 12, struggling with a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems, learning difficulties, drug and alcohol abuse, legal problems, family problems, impulsive or aggressive behavior, lack of self-esteem, mental health issues, ADD/ADHD, oppositional defiance disorder, sexual, physical or emotional abuse, truancy, school suspensions and expulsions. Programs include 5 school day program sites and 3 community based foster homes, in addition to in-home community based programs, restorative reporting centers, and FGDM conferencing program.