The Services We Provide
People R Us is a 24 hour community residential treatment program for male and female adolescents, involved in child welfare services, with a primary health disorder. Our program provides trauma-informed care (TIC) in a short-term living home for adolescents recovering from mental health disorders, inappropriate social behaviors, delinquency, tendencies to run away and nonviolent offenses. We are a licensed Child Residential and Day Treatment Facility through Children and Youth Services, Department of Public Welfare (55 Pa. Code Chapter 3800).
Tour Our Facility
Browse through our photo gallery to see an in depth look at our treatment facility, located at 639 W. Diamond St, in Northern Philadelphia, PA 19121 & 1005 McDowell Avenue 19013, Chester, PA. We have a variety of features to foster positive growth.
The People we Help
The Shared Residence is specifically designed to serve youth ages 17 to 24, and the focus is “stepping our youth up” to prepare them for Independent Living. The population we will serve are marginalized youth stepping down from Residential Treatment Facilities; LGBTQ community and those who have been involved in Sex-Trafficking or trades.
People R Us - Our Organization
People R Us Shared Home Residence is a specialized small home setting for youth transitioning to adulthood, as defined by OCYF Bulletin #3680-20-02, 3800-20-03. We are a licensed residential setting in which the older youth are living independently, within a shared living co-living community home, with support offered through our trauma-informed system that promotes the youth’s independence and transition to adulthood while supporting the safety, permanency and well-being needs of the youth. People R Us Shared Home Residence is a specialized mental health focused residential program that seeks future certification as defined by Chapter 3800.
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Program Objectives:
The program objectives are to provide trauma-informed and culturally competent placement resources via the trained staff of our facility. We will also serve as an important link between the youth and their legal family or other reunification resource. It is important that all youth return to an appropriate and safe family setting once they have achieved their treatment goals.
Our Staff is Here to Help
The program objectives are to provide trauma-informed and culturally competent placement resources via the trained staff of our facility. We will also serve as an important link between the youth and their legal family or other reunification resource. It is important that all youth return to an appropriate and safe family setting once they have achieved their treatment goals.
Defining Aging Out Youth - The People We Help
- Youth who are unable to return home to their biological families or find another permanent option such as adoption or guardianship, and remain in protective custody until they are 18 years of age.
- Nationally, 24,000 youth out of the 500,000 in foster care age out each year.
- Older youth (aged 16-18) are more likely to be living in group homes or institutions than the overall foster care population-the least "family-like" settings.