Specialized foster care program provides unique treatment plan for at-risk youth [Video]

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A specialized York County foster care program is providing a unique level of care for at-risk youth, all while being the only one of its kind in Central Pennsylvania.

Pressley Ridge is promoting its Community Residential Rehabilitation (CPR) program during May’s National Foster Care Month.

The program sees that at-risk children with mental health or behavioral issues receive structured mental health treatment in a home, rather than in an inpatient or a residential treatment facility. 

Treatment is incorporated into the day-to-day lives of the children, and the caregivers are known as “treatment parents.”

“When a youth enters the CRR program, right out of the gate they will be receiving individual and family therapy, if they have family, once a week,” said Abby Chan, the clinical supervisor of the program. “In …