Foundations for Living
Foundations for Living Headquarters Address
1451 Lucas Rd.
Mansfield, OH 44903
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About Foundations for Living
Situated on 14 rolling, wooded acres in Mansfield, Ohio, Foundations for Living is a secure, residential treatment center for youth 11 – 17 years of age, with a minimum IQ of 65. Our 84-bed center is accredited by CARF and licensed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide mental health and substance abuse/dependence treatment.
”There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.”
–Hodding Carter, Jr.
The above quotation embodies a contradiction of roots holding one down and with wings allowing one to fly.
Working with troubled youth, however, we believe children can rise to their full potential only when they are grounded in the rules of social behavior and supported by a root structure of values and attitudes that nurture self-discipline, responsibility and a sense of self-worth.
At Foundations for Living, we offer proven, pro-social programs that capitalize on the strengths of youth with emotional or behavioral problems. We have talented, dedicated professionals who inspire youth—even those who have failed in previous programs—to shed the weight and pain of their past, lift their sights to the limitless sky…and soar.
A number of key elements underlie and enhance our comprehensive services for youth with behavioral, emotional, mental and psychological problems including:
• A high level of professionalism. Our staff includes licensed psychotherapists, nurses, psychiatrists, medical doctors, and teachers.
• An individualized approach. Our staff to patient ratio meets or exceeds licensing requirements and we are able to monitor residents on a one-to-one basis, as needed. All therapeutic services are specially tailored to each youth’s needs.
• Trauma-Informed Care. All staff members are trained in recognizing youth with psychiatric trauma, experienced in a single instance or through exposure to chronic episodes. Staff members are trained on the effects of trauma on youth as well as ways to help establish a safe environment for our youth while they are in our care.
• Handle With Care. Our facility-wide certification and commitment to quality resident care enables us to use the least restrictive approach, thus mentoring a therapeutic rapport with residents. Excelling in verbal de-escalation, we are able to boost the self-image of residents and accelerate their rehabilitation. Safety and comfort are our top priorities.
• Licensed nursing care. Our youth have access to 24/7 licensed nursing care for medicinal administration, monitoring of side effects, medical education and treatment. Our nursing services promote an overall feeling of protection for our residents.
• Special incentives, activities and amenities. A well-structured Achievement Level System offering many tangible rewards motivates youth to make measurable progress. Residents have many opportunities to earn incentives for special onsite activities, off-campus outings, movie nights, popcorn parties, and so forth. To heighten residents’ self-esteem and allow them to enjoy an important experience of normal living, we maintain a fully operational beauty/barber shop with a licensed beautician. To foster outlets of creative expression, we offer classes in our Creative Arts and Music Production Studio. Youth explore art medium, learn musical instruments and explore music.
• Commitment to personal wellness. To promote physical health, healthy competition and team building, we offer a Fitness and Recreation Center. We also employ Activities Coordinators to challenge youth to succeed with health and physical goals.
• An accredited school on premises. Residents appreciate an educational environment encouraging and supporting their academic success. Our onsite school has certified teachers for all essential middle school and high school subjects. With our unique block scheduling and year-round school, students often recover credits during their treatment period. Classes are traditionally designed with live teacher instruction, smart boards, computers and small class sizes. Foundations for Living adheres to specifications of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), and develops and updates IEPs as needed. Residents also have the ability to receive pre-GED preparation and testing to obtain a GED.
Join Our Team”There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.”
–Hodding Carter, Jr.
The above quotation embodies a contradiction of roots holding one down and with wings allowing one to fly.
Working with troubled youth, however, we believe children can rise to their full potential only when they are grounded in the rules of social behavior and supported by a root structure of values and attitudes that nurture self-discipline, responsibility and a sense of self-worth.
At Foundations for Living, we offer proven, pro-social programs that capitalize on the strengths of youth with emotional or behavioral problems. We have talented, dedicated professionals who inspire youth—even those who have failed in previous programs—to shed the weight and pain of their past, lift their sights to the limitless sky…and soar.
A number of key elements underlie and enhance our comprehensive services for youth with behavioral, emotional, mental and psychological problems including:
• A high level of professionalism. Our staff includes licensed psychotherapists, nurses, psychiatrists, medical doctors, and teachers.
• An individualized approach. Our staff to patient ratio meets or exceeds licensing requirements and we are able to monitor residents on a one-to-one basis, as needed. All therapeutic services are specially tailored to each youth’s needs.
• Trauma-Informed Care. All staff members are trained in recognizing youth with psychiatric trauma, experienced in a single instance or through exposure to chronic episodes. Staff members are trained on the effects of trauma on youth as well as ways to help establish a safe environment for our youth while they are in our care.
• Handle With Care. Our facility-wide certification and commitment to quality resident care enables us to use the least restrictive approach, thus mentoring a therapeutic rapport with residents. Excelling in verbal de-escalation, we are able to boost the self-image of residents and accelerate their rehabilitation. Safety and comfort are our top priorities.
• Licensed nursing care. Our youth have access to 24/7 licensed nursing care for medicinal administration, monitoring of side effects, medical education and treatment. Our nursing services promote an overall feeling of protection for our residents.
• Special incentives, activities and amenities. A well-structured Achievement Level System offering many tangible rewards motivates youth to make measurable progress. Residents have many opportunities to earn incentives for special onsite activities, off-campus outings, movie nights, popcorn parties, and so forth. To heighten residents’ self-esteem and allow them to enjoy an important experience of normal living, we maintain a fully operational beauty/barber shop with a licensed beautician. To foster outlets of creative expression, we offer classes in our Creative Arts and Music Production Studio. Youth explore art medium, learn musical instruments and explore music.
• Commitment to personal wellness. To promote physical health, healthy competition and team building, we offer a Fitness and Recreation Center. We also employ Activities Coordinators to challenge youth to succeed with health and physical goals.
• An accredited school on premises. Residents appreciate an educational environment encouraging and supporting their academic success. Our onsite school has certified teachers for all essential middle school and high school subjects. With our unique block scheduling and year-round school, students often recover credits during their treatment period. Classes are traditionally designed with live teacher instruction, smart boards, computers and small class sizes. Foundations for Living adheres to specifications of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), and develops and updates IEPs as needed. Residents also have the ability to receive pre-GED preparation and testing to obtain a GED.
Your passion, inspiration and talents are invaluable to us and our mission to serve others. Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development.
Quality Healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward. We are working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare. In this endeavor, we uphold the following values:
• Patients are our top priority: We are determined to be responsive and compassionate to the needs of those in our care.
• Uncompromised standards: We are dedicated to the highest standards of quality, talent and ethics.
• Community investment: We are committed to meeting the diverse needs of the communities we serve.
Employee BenefitsQuality Healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward. We are working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare. In this endeavor, we uphold the following values:
• Patients are our top priority: We are determined to be responsive and compassionate to the needs of those in our care.
• Uncompromised standards: We are dedicated to the highest standards of quality, talent and ethics.
• Community investment: We are committed to meeting the diverse needs of the communities we serve.
Foundations for Living offers healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits to help meet the needs of employees and their families. As our employee, you may be eligible to choose from a comprehensive list of benefits and select those that best meet the needs of you and your family. Among the benefits available to eligible employees are:
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Insurance and income protection
• Retirement and savings
• Flexible Spending Accounts
What Makes Us Unique• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Insurance and income protection
• Retirement and savings
• Flexible Spending Accounts
Foundations for Living offers advanced clinical treatment and innovative residential services:
Licensed Professionals. All clinical, psychiatric, medical and nursing care is provided by licensed professionals dedicated to fostering personal wellness for youth.
Short-Term Assessment Program (45 days). This service benefits youth in need of structured care and assessments in a safe and secure environment.
Neurofeedback and Biofeedback. Neurofeedback is brain training for self-regulation and often alleviates or reduces symptoms of anxiety, depression, bedwetting, sleep disorders, attention deficient disorders and disruptive behaviors. Biofeedback teaches relaxation and self-control through guided computer training and feedback-oriented video games.
Treatment for Victims of Human Trafficking. Foundations for Living provides specialized care for victims of sexual exploitation and/or labor trafficking.
Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder. Foundations for Living provides specialized care for youth presenting with developmentally inappropriate social relatedness.
Treatment for Trauma and Mood Disorders. Foundations for Living has a model of Trauma-Informed Care and utilizes Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as the primary treatment modalities. Our facility provides a safe environment to explore and resolve trauma and mood-related issues.
Treatment for Pregnant Youth. Foundations for Living provides mental health and/or substance-related disorder treatment to pregnant youth in addition to pre-natal care, comprehensive medical treatment, and parenting classes.
Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior. Foundations for Living provides a specialized treatment milieu that includes a secure environment with 24 hour supervision and a structured setting with a low client to staff ratio. Trained staff teach youth how to identify self-harm triggers as well as teach emotional regulation and safe coping strategies to express emotions.
Onsite and Offsite Amenities and Incentives. Foundations for Living provides a variety of amenities and incentives to enrich the youth’s treatment period. Foundations for Living offers onsite schooling, a beauty/barber shop, fitness and recreation center, library, and a creative arts and music production studio. Youth also have the ability to participate in offsite activities such as trips to local parks, movies, zoo, and community events
Types of TreatmentLicensed Professionals. All clinical, psychiatric, medical and nursing care is provided by licensed professionals dedicated to fostering personal wellness for youth.
Short-Term Assessment Program (45 days). This service benefits youth in need of structured care and assessments in a safe and secure environment.
Neurofeedback and Biofeedback. Neurofeedback is brain training for self-regulation and often alleviates or reduces symptoms of anxiety, depression, bedwetting, sleep disorders, attention deficient disorders and disruptive behaviors. Biofeedback teaches relaxation and self-control through guided computer training and feedback-oriented video games.
Treatment for Victims of Human Trafficking. Foundations for Living provides specialized care for victims of sexual exploitation and/or labor trafficking.
Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder. Foundations for Living provides specialized care for youth presenting with developmentally inappropriate social relatedness.
Treatment for Trauma and Mood Disorders. Foundations for Living has a model of Trauma-Informed Care and utilizes Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as the primary treatment modalities. Our facility provides a safe environment to explore and resolve trauma and mood-related issues.
Treatment for Pregnant Youth. Foundations for Living provides mental health and/or substance-related disorder treatment to pregnant youth in addition to pre-natal care, comprehensive medical treatment, and parenting classes.
Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior. Foundations for Living provides a specialized treatment milieu that includes a secure environment with 24 hour supervision and a structured setting with a low client to staff ratio. Trained staff teach youth how to identify self-harm triggers as well as teach emotional regulation and safe coping strategies to express emotions.
Onsite and Offsite Amenities and Incentives. Foundations for Living provides a variety of amenities and incentives to enrich the youth’s treatment period. Foundations for Living offers onsite schooling, a beauty/barber shop, fitness and recreation center, library, and a creative arts and music production studio. Youth also have the ability to participate in offsite activities such as trips to local parks, movies, zoo, and community events
The many integrated treatment, rehabilitation and case management services offered by Foundations for Living fall into three unique programs:
• VISIONS: a dual diagnosis substance dependency and mental health treatment program for males and females.
• PASSAGES: a concentrated mental health program with a strong emphasis on behavior modification for females. We also provide substance abuse counseling services.
• EXPLORATION: a short team – 45 day assessment option including psychiatric and medical evaluations, pharmacological assessments, and full participation in individual, group, and family therapy.
• VISIONS: a dual diagnosis substance dependency and mental health treatment program for males and females.
• PASSAGES: a concentrated mental health program with a strong emphasis on behavior modification for females. We also provide substance abuse counseling services.
• EXPLORATION: a short team – 45 day assessment option including psychiatric and medical evaluations, pharmacological assessments, and full participation in individual, group, and family therapy.
Number of Employees in Foundations for Living
11 to 50
Foundations for Living Revenue
$1M to $5M (USD)
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