Our Mission Statement: Elkins Mountain Schools provides intensive treatment services to children and their families in an effort to help them live responsible and productive lives.

Youth today face many challenges. Sometimes, they need extra support to overcome circumstances in their lives. At Elkins Mountain Schools, we work to help children prepare to be successful adults. Our committed staff work to provide youth with guidance, education and opportunities to help them discover a positive direction for their lives. We work closely with families, professionals and the community to make the success of each child a priority.

Elkins Mountain Schools opened in 1987 in response to the state's desire to keep West Virginia children needing services closer to home rather than admitting them to out-of-state programs.

Youth enrolled in our program receive intensive treatment services designed to address their unique challenges. These services are delivered in a campus and community setting that is located in the rural mountains of eastern West Virginia. This setting ensures the privacy of clients yet there is also immediate access to community resources and community social and recreational opportunities. Elkins Mountain Schools provides residential services to boys from 13 through 17 years of age, and community-based services via our participation as a Youth Services contractor.

Our programs are highly structured, and we use an array of behavioral management techniques. Committed staff work closely with the clients and their families, providing guidance and support. Through an educational and vocational curriculum, counseling, and extracurricular and lifeskills activities, Elkins Mountain Schools prepares the youth in our program to live responsible and productive lives.

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