Qualified Residential Treatment for Youth

Qualified Residential Treatment for Youth

  • Admissions Criteria

    Youth Home's community/qualified residential treatment program accepts youth who are:

    • Female, ages 12 to 17 
    • Male, ages 10 to 17
    • In DCFS custody
    • Able to live in the community without danger to themselves or others. 
    • *Must be enrolled in an education program (i.e. public school, day treatment, or vocational).

  • Important Note

    Criteria that is not appropriate for this program includes:


    • Recent behaviors such as firesetting,
    • Violent behavior requiring containment, seclusion or restraints within the past 45 days.
    • Chronic drug or alcohol problems.
    • Chronic runaway behaviors.
    • Felony conviction.
    • Active psychosis.

This program benefits youth in DCFS custody (Division of Child and Family Services). Youth Home's QRTP program offers necessary mental and behavioral health treatment to girls (ages 12-17) and boys (ages 10-17) who are currently in the Arkansas foster care system.


The Family First Prevention Services Act emphasizes the importance of children growing up in families. It helps ensure children are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like setting that is appropriate to their needs when foster care is necessary. Our QRTP Program serves to fulfill this act.


This program addresses each child's entire wellbeing: including medical, psychiatric, social, physical, and academic needs. Our therapies and activities are enjoyed in a beautiful, open, and comfortable 52-acre campus.

We work hard to regularly communicate to our kids that they are neither statistics nor problems to be solved. They are deeply cared for, and we want them to trust that they are creative, skilled, and full of potential.

Our Approach

  • Recreational Activities
  • Individual Therapy 
  • Group & Family Therapy
  • Access to Nursing
  • Comprehensive Care Coordination
  • Trauma Informed Care

Our Facility

  • 52 Beautiful Wooded Acres
  • Open Rural Setting and Walking Paths
  • Full Size Gym
  • Outdoor Basketball Court
  • Pavilion
  • Garden & Greenhouse
  • Comfort Rooms
  • On-site Occupational Therapy Services

Our Program

  • Community Outings
  • Independent Living Skills
  • Outdoor Time
  • Extracurricular Activities
  • Art, Photography, Music & Drama
  • Animal Assisted Therapy
  • Gardening
  • Journaling / Reflection
  • Board Games, & Movies
  • Yoga & Dance
  • Low-Challenge Ropes Course
  • Fitness & Sports Camp 

"Youth home made me feel like I was in an actual home with people that cared about my mental health."

Parent Testimony

Why Qualified Residential Treatment?

Accreditation

Youth Home is accredited by The Joint Commission, which means our health care organization continuously complies with rigorous standards and successfully corrects deficiencies identified at our most recent survey and/or review.

Emergency Care Services

We have working relationships with the local hospitals and/or urgent care facilities. Whether a patient has an accident, engages in self-harm, or is in crisis (and therefore in need of additional support), we have protocols in place to get appropriate care for them immediately.

Mentoring

Our youth have an opportunity to partner with a mentor at Immerse Arkansas. Immerse partners help our youth feel especially cared for, offering life skills & independent living skills training, employment training, fun activities & friendship. They also provide security for youth who age out of the foster care system without the resources they need to thrive.

Credentialed Staff

In addition to meeting and exceeding credential regulations for our staff members, every staff member is fully and intensively trained in the Trauma Informed Care approach. Every person who is scheduled to work on our campus receives this training.