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A Community Effort
Pine Haven was established in 1963 when a
group of Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish citizens met with the Somascan Fathers
to provide a home for troubled boys. Thus Pine Haven's beginning was the product of
cooperation and volunteer effort. Currently such cooperation is continuing through a
volunteer Board of Directors.
Pine Haven is funded through State Agencies,
private contributions and corporate help. Voluntary assistance of any kind is instrumental
in expanding and improving Pine Haven's programs. If interested in assisting Pine Haven's
mission, you may contact the Executive Director in order to specify and finalize the
purpose of your support.
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Residents
Pine Haven serves 20 latency-age
boys (admission age 6-14) with behavioral, emotional, relational and academic problems.
During the last several years, Pine Haven has become increasingly involved in the
treatment of sexually abused, sexually reactive/acting out population. This intervention
was developed in order to meet specific needs/requests and in an attempt to promote timely
prevention.
Recently, Pine Haven has accepted
children with fire setting behaviors. In order to increase the students safety
we installed a fire sprinkle system.
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Philosophy and Mission
Pine Haven's philosophy
can be summarized in two statements:
1. There is no such thing as a bad boy.
2. Children need and are entitled to their families.
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Pine Haven feels that as a troubled boy has acquired destructive
and unhealthy patterns of behavior, given the opportunity, he can
relearn more productive and acceptable habits.
Pine Haven sees children as components of the family system and
believes that families can change and successfully reunite.
Pine Haven has the mission of providing troubled boys with positive
experiences and success oriented programs. The process is to
identify appropriate behaviors: catching the boy doing right.
Pine Haven emphasizes basic civic, moral and spiritual values to
enable the youngsters to successfully return to their family,
school, and community.
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Pine Haven does not discriminate with regard to race, color,
creed, or national origin. Applications can be generated from
Courts, School Districts, Public Agencies, and families. Open lines
of communication are maintained between Pine Haven and the referring
parties.
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Building Together
