Centralia Group Home & Residential
Group Home
The Centralia Group Home serves young women ages 15.5 – 17.5. Our care is focused on mental health treatment and the stabilization of these young women, emphasizing preparation for adult living.
Our programming centers around self-care and home maintenance, employment readiness, and advanced education.
Who is Eligible?
Young women ages 15.5 – 17.5 who have been referred by DCFS.
Residential
The Centralia Residential program serves young women ages 15-17.5 who have moderate to severe emotional and behavioral disorders. The emphasis of treatment is always to assist these young women in transitioning into a lower level of care such as returning to their biological home, a relative’s home, a foster home, group home, or a transitional living program.
We aid youth in developing social skills, building trust, and forming relationships to both support them in returning to a family setting and preparing them for adulthood. Our team helps them achieve self-sufficiency, educational goals, and financial stability.
Who is Eligible?
Young women ages 15-17.5 who have moderate to severe emotional and behavioral disorders.
Activites
We Offer
We provide a space for youth to have fun and connect with others, empowering them to be their true, authentic selves.
Daily activities include:
- Celebrating holidays, birthdays, or special occasions
- Attending a physical fitness group or playing sports
- Joining a music group or spending time in the studio
- Creating something from scratch — a painting, a loaf of bread, a wooden bird house
- Getting lost in a book from the library
- Participating in the Youth Council on campus
- Planting some new seeds with the gardening group
- Working in our campus job program to gain transferrable skills
- Meeting up with a group to discuss self-care, excel your social skills, or other important life topics
- Playing games or puzzles with your peers
Off campus activities include:
- Roller skating at the local rink
- Attending a movie, play, or go bowling
- Eating a turkey leg at the Renaissance Fair
- Catching a baseball game
- Enjoying the outdoors camping, swimming, and picking apples at an orchard
- Playing laser tag
- Shopping at the mall
- Playing games at carnivals and fairs
- Spending the day at an amusement park
What our staff says
“The people who work here really care about these kids. It’s like a family.”
Our Team
Emily Owen, MA
Sr. Director of Programs
Joined 2006
I get the privilege of serving youth who have had little success in many other placements in their life. On the hard days, they are hard. On the best days, you get to see adolescents just be kids and thrive.
Address
1400 E. McCord St.
Centralia, IL 62801
Phone
618-532-4311
Business Hours
Weekdays - 9AM to 5PM