As parents we don’t want to see our beloved children suffer because they’re unfit and can’t keep up with the requirements of our modern society. At Journey Home, one of the most qualified healthcare centers in transitional living programs, we help to develop and accomplish critical achievements for teens from DC who are on a recovery path. 
Our transitional living program from DC focuses on learning and managing five core principles that we believe are the foundations for a happier and more successful life. Our intervention is carefully planned with the participation of a professional team of psychologists, but also a proactive consultation with parents, and of course the active role of the patient in order to make their more responsible about their life.
Journey Home is located in Layton, just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Of course we accept teens from all U.S.A. including DC, and believe that a time away from home can be beneficial to struggling youth. According to experts, living in an everyday contact environment with peers, greatly improve socialization.
We differ from others transitional living programs because we focus on a wide variety of skills to achieve, that can be summarized in these five core principles: healthy living, education, life skills, personal responsibility and social integration. Every goal is carefully chosen to fit the individual needs in that particular area.
Journey Home is a healthcare center that aims to recover these teens beyond the simple cure and give them back to society as young and skillful women, with a real fighting chance for success, and not just as normal approved individuals.
Journey Home helps DC teens in a Transitional Living Program setting who are struggling with challenges similar to those below:
– School Refusal/ Truancy
– Anxiety
– Social Isolation
– Academic Underachievement
– ADHD
– Learning Differences
– Trauma
– Low Self Esteem
– Depression
– Mood Disorders
– Grief and Loss
– Impulsive Behaviors
– Technology Addiction
– Negative Peer Group
– Family Conflict
– Low Self Confidence
Journey Home, one of the leading transitional living program from DC, offers some of the most advanced transitional environments in the country. It’s scientifically proven that focusing on building a sense of agency and personal responsibility is the best path to build self-esteem. 
The first step of this path is that it is not the first step at all. Our transitional living program is intended to provide a transition time between any treatment program and going back to normal society for teens between 16 and 21 from DC. To do so, during the day, girls and assigned female at birth will attend high school or college, and return to Journey Home base in the evening, where they can find the warmth and comfort of a traditional home setting.
Every girl or child assigned female at birth is guided by house parents that function as individual guides to help their with reaching goals and with practical things like homework and school or college studies. They have at least one follow-up interview every two weeks.
During permanence, girls and assigned female at birth from DC are involved in many activities to enhance life-skills, such as: maintaining cleanliness of living space and property, budgeting, time management, meal preparation, shopping, transportation, gaining employment, appropriate recreation, personal hygiene, nutrition and fitness. They can also attend high school or pursue college courses.
But not all of our transitional living program from DC is teaching and educating. Some of the regular group activities at the Journey Home include Fun Food Friday, snow sports in the winter, visiting museums, going to movies, exploring the local outdoors by hiking and biking, and many other local events and activities. Many of these activities are carefully planned by Journey Home itself.
Teenage Development: CDC is the most important government agency regarding health, this page regards guidelines about teenagers. It delves into what changes to expect as children go through late adolescence, and what parents can do to be there for them in the best way possible.
Family & Youth Services Bureau: Family and Youth Service Bureau is an association aimed at helping older adolescents, preventing domestic violence, youth homelessness and pregnancy. Its mission is to create a future which is violence-free and healthy and productive for our youth.
Some examples of cities from DC which may have families who may be interested in Journey Home include: Washington
Journey Home helps DC families from cities and towns like: Washington
Kim has a Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science & Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Corrections from Weber State University. She has been employed at Solstice and Journey Home since February 2011 as a Mentor and is now Admissions Director. She has traveled extensively around the world and has enjoyed calling various destinations home. This has given her the ability to empathize with the teens who may be at times homesick for home and family. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and socializing with friends and family.
