The potential resident and his family are interviewed by the Group Home Manager and Senior Counselor. There is a thirty-day orientation period and review by the Argus House Advisory Committee.
All intakes require a court order.
Argus House serves adjudicated delinquent male offenders who are under the supervision of the CSU and who reside in Arlington County or the City of Falls Church. It provides intensive services aimed at making a profound change in behaviors at home, at school and in the community. The program operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to provide an environment that is both structured and supportive. The program serves an ethnically and economically diverse population between the ages of thirteen and seventeen. The average length of stay is approximately one year with an additional three months of post placement aftercare services.