Today, the home operates to provide care to adolescent and preadolescent girls who have experienced the traumas of abuse, molestation, and general family dysfunction. It is San Mar's mission to enable these girls to understand and address the issues they are facing and move forward to become successful and productive members of society. The group home provides care for 23 girls. Opened in August of 1997, this home for eight girls has quickly established a reputation for addressing the needs of those girls needing more structure than what is available in the main group home.
Services are very intense.
Girls completing this program may move directly into any of San Mar's other programs as is deemed appropriate by the treatment team. Opened in 1990, this home serves three of the older girls who have completed the main residential program. When such participation is not possible or feasible due to either academic problems or behavioral difficulties, the girl is the educated in San Mar's on grounds school program. San Mar is licensed by the Maryland State Department of education as a Type III School. Girls in the program receive individual attention to their educational and behavioral needs.