Empowerment. Transition. Support.
Empowering Youth for Independent, Successful Futures
Third Way Center’s ultimate goal is to rehabilitate traumatized youth, enabling them to thrive in the world and lead successful, healthy lives. Once residents have successfully emancipated from our Residential Child Care Facilities, they are encouraged to employ the skills and training they gained through our treatment programs and begin their new chapter as confident, self-sufficient adults.
Next Steps offers after-care and transitional services for young adults who have completed programs at the Third Way Center. Through Next Steps, youth can practice the skills they have learned, while receiving a safety net of support and guidance from Third Way Center.
Youth in the Next Steps program have either moved into their own apartments, are living with family, or are in another form of supportive housing. We offer transitional support, including individual, family, and group therapy, crisis management, assistance with finding stable housing, furnishing apartments, and securing employment. Youth are also able to continue working with their psychiatrist from Third Way Center and receive support with medication management. Through Next Steps, youth who have completed our programs can feel secure in the knowledge that they are not alone; a qualified and caring clinical therapist remains with them on their journey as they transition to the next exciting phase of their lives.
Providing a continuity of the treatment process is an essential piece of the Next Steps program. The client will work closely with their clinician, ensuring support as they integrate into their home or their community. Their treatment does not simply end because of their transition, but continues in their new environment. Youth in the Next Steps program can also have the opportunity to participate in their treatment groups at their previous Third Way program. Youth are eligible to continue their education at Joan Farley Academy. Participants in the Next Steps program know they have someone in their corner, every step of the way, as they strive to achieve their goal of independent adult living.
