Dover Children's Home
Program Services
The Dover Children’s Home is a non-profit residential treatment program designed to provide community-based residential care for boys and girls, ages 12-18, who have been abused, neglected, are under a CHINS (Children In Need of Services) petition, or who have committed delinquent acts. The Dover Children's Home supports and encourages family reunifications through an extended overnight visitation room for families and visiting resources, family event days (i.e. cookouts, dinners, movie nights), flexible visiting hours, and frequent opportunities for active family participation in the day-to-day activities of the program. As a family-centered program, we are constantly adjusting our services and looking for ways to accommodate each family’s needs and strengths.
For over 117 years, our agency has been successfully helping families and children of all ages to address their issues, enhance their strengths, and develop more appropriate coping and living skills. The ultimate goal of Dover Children's Home is to help children return to their families or live in more independent settings (ie. kinship home, foster home, own apartment, Job Corps, college).
The Dover Children's Home strives to provide children and families with as many opportunities as possible to experience success and personal growth. It is our belief that participation in age appropriate, therapeutic, and normalized activities will help children become positive community members.
For over 117 years, our agency has been successfully helping families and children of all ages to address their issues, enhance their strengths, and develop more appropriate coping and living skills. The ultimate goal of Dover Children's Home is to help children return to their families or live in more independent settings (ie. kinship home, foster home, own apartment, Job Corps, college).
The Dover Children's Home strives to provide children and families with as many opportunities as possible to experience success and personal growth. It is our belief that participation in age appropriate, therapeutic, and normalized activities will help children become positive community members.
The Home provides a structured living environment in which residents are encouraged to develop and utilize appropriate behaviors and social skills. Teams of adolescent counselors provide experiences throughout each day to enhance the normal social, emotional, and educational development of the residents. These objectives are met through individual, group, and family counseling; academic tutoring; recreational and therapeutic activities; a predictable daily structure; consistent supervision; peer confrontation meetings; behavior management techniques; individualized treatment plans; skill-building courses; and the use of a level system for privileges and responsibilities.
In order to prepare residents for their ultimate transition to a less restrictive setting, the program focuses on the development of independent living skills. Older residents participate in a state-certified independent living course to further develop skills such as obtaining a driver’s license, budgeting money, maintaining a savings account, creating a resume, planning and preparing nutritionally balanced meals, obtaining employment, maintaining a vehicle, applying to colleges, and understanding rental agreements.
The P.I.L.O.T. House
Providing Independent Living
Opportunities for Teens
Providing Independent Living
Opportunities for Teens
The PILOT House helps to prepare older adolescents for life as an adult. The two-bedroom apartment on grounds allows youth to practice life skills and gain valuable experience living independently. Passive staff support is available to assist the youth in problem solving and skill building.
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