About Us
About PC&M
We warmly welcome the general public and youth to Positive Care and Mentoring Group Home (PC&M).
Positive Care and Mentoring, LLC Group Home, is a private organization that provides placement – Room Board and Watchful Oversight (RBVWO) for males ages 12 to 18 years. We contract with the State Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) and Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to provide long-term and crisis care for youth. Although we contract with these agencies, and often work closely with them in case planning for your child, we are not a part of these agencies.
We realize that by the time your son or daughter has been placed at Positive Care and Mentoring Group Homes, you and your family have probably been through a great deal of stress. We hope that the time spent at our program will help your child work through the many stressors, trauma, and issues they are currently facing. We want to make this difficult time as easy for you as possible. Hopefully this handbook will answer many of the questions that you will initially have. You are always welcome to call the group home to ask questions or just to “check in” and see how your child is doing.
We want to work closely with you to develop a case plan that is appropriate for you and your child’s needs. This often necessitates working with other agencies to provide the needed services. Our main goal is always to successfully meet agreed upon goals for your child, therefore we make decisions about your child jointly with you and the other agencies involved.
This booklet is to acquaint you with the rules, daily schedule, and operation of the Group Home and what we expect from you and your child. Reports of your child’s decisions to abide by these rules, or their choice to ignore them, will be forwarded to all agencies and individuals involved in this placement, including you. Because Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) and Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) are involved in the referral, they will receive monthly reports for as long as your child is in placement here. As a parent, your cooperation in your child’s treatment will be included in reports.
Brief Overview of Positive Care and Mentoring Group Home Mission, Vision and Philosophy
Positive Care and Mentoring Group Home’s core principle is that every young person deserves to live in an environment where they feel safe, respected, supported, and cared for by those around them. For this reason, PC&M aims at providing, room, board, supervision, coaching, and mentoring to our residents. We work with them to develop skills that will help them become self-sufficient and independent and maximize social acceptance.
The stay of youths at Positive Care and Mentoring, LLC prepares them for what is next in their life plan: reunification with their families, transitioning to a foster family, or preparing for independent living. Although the overall concept is to reintegrate youth into their natural family, at times, this may be impossible in some situations. As an alternative to family reintegration, PC&M prepares youth for alternative permanent living situations such as discharge to independent living program (ILP).