This program provides counseling support to help participants in the Ripken Learning Program alleviate barriers to career development. This program provides treatment to children who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse as a child. Therapists and case managers help families alleviate barriers to treatment, as well as provide advocacy and support services in home, school and community environments. Services are also provided to juvenile sexual offenders from ages 8 to 18. Domestic Violence Children Children who live in homes troubled by violence are at a higher risk for physical, mental or emotional abuse and the scars from it, which last a lifetime.
Counseling is available to children at our offices.
When transportation is an issue, counseling may take place at the child s school. This family of programs provide counseling, case management, shelter, legal representation for civil protection orders, and a 24-hour hotline for victims and their children. We offer a program for men who have difficulty managing their feelings in non-violent ways and are physically, mentally or emotionally abusive to their loved ones. Domestic Violence Women Individual and group counseling, legal advocacy and representation, court accompaniment and shelter are available for victims of domestic violence. Through contracts with employers, the program provides assessment, counseling and referral services to employees and their family members who are experiencing difficulties that adversely affect their personal lives or job performance.