1. GUIDING HARBOR
GFWC MI Convention 2017

2. Improving the quality of life for children and families.
MISSION STATEMENT
Improving the quality of life for children and families.

3. VISION STATEMENT
Guiding Harbor will educate each person placed in our care, teaching the life skills necessary to make wise decisions and to become a productive member of society.

4. PROGRAMS GIRLSTOWN FOSTER CARE SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING (SIL)
and
YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE
(YAVFC)

5. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
The house in Belleville, known as Girlstown, holds girls, provides 24 hours/ 7 days a week care for young women aged years old.
We provide therapeutic services to our clients to allow them to transition to a less restrictive environment.
Residents attend the local middle and high schools, can participate in after school activities, and volunteer in the community.

6. GIRLSTOWN
We offer :
A wide range of educational, clinical, recreational and case management services.
Summer programs
Extensive supportive services including family visitation, legal advocacy, intensive case planning, health care services as well as providing individual and family therapy.

7. GIRLSTOWN How do we do it?
The program model is behavioral in nature, with a strong emphasis on mental health, therapeutic intervention and natural consequences.
The program is based on a point/level system, which reinforces behavioral objectives in the areas of client motivation, appearance, hygiene, house expectations, academics and recreational activities.
Residents are monitored through their individual Treatment Plan. Progress is facilitated by the intervention of a multi-disciplinary Treatment Team that includes the Case Manager, Residential Treatment Worker, Residential Supervisor, Program Manager and Psychiatrist.
Completion of the program is typically achieved in 10 to 12 months.

8. FOSTER CARE
The Guiding Harbor Foster Care Program provides its services to children from birth through 18 years of age.
The Foster Care Program is designed to provide a family environment, in an agency-approved household, for youth who are temporarily or permanently unable to return to their families.
Our foster parents make a commitment to reach out and share their lives and home to assist in creating a nurturing environment in which to enhance the child’s growth.
Our primary goal is to reunite families. If reunification is not possible, the goal will change to engage the youth in a more permanent placement.

9. FOSTER CARE Specific services include:
Pre-placement assessment and visitation
Treatment programs for youth and their families
Family visitation
Psychiatric/Psychological referral services
Case conferences and treatment planning
Court Responsibility
Intensive communication with foster families and youth via foster home visits and telephone contact
Educational planning assistance
Full Case Management services

10. Supervised Independent Living/ Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care
Designed to assist young adults in developing independent living skills, enhancing educational / vocational and career choices while offering employment opportunities.
Supervised Independent Living services youth age 16 and older, who are physically and emotionally able to master the skills and experiences offered.
The Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care Program is designed to assist youth between the ages of 18 and 21 to transition into adulthood.
The clients referred to these two programs must have a demonstrated history of functioning at a level appropriate for community based living.

11. SIL/YAVFC
Clients are placed in homes with providers or in independent housing. In addition, they must have completed high school and/or at admission be enrolled in an academic/ vocational program. The youth must be job ready or currently employed.

12. SIL/YAVFC Services provided include:
SIL/YAVFC workshops to enhance practical skills for community living
Clinical assessment, referrals & intervention
Case coordination and advocacy
Employment assistance & financial planning
Educational & vocational planning
Health & dental care
Crisis intervention
Monthly stipend

13. Suzanne Baber Scholarship
The scholarship has been made possible through an original donation by
Suzanne Baber
to encourage continuing education of persons who have successfully been released from Guiding Harbor/Girlstown, and is perpetuated by the generosity
of other like minded individuals.

14. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
This year’s recipient said,
“Girlstown was my first home after living in a shelter in Detroit for about eight months. Moving to any placement after the abuse subjected by my biological mother was not easy. Girlstown helped me overcome my fear of my mother and provided me with holistic coping skills.

15. HER STORY
I learned how to do laundry and deep clean. There I had my first job it was monopoly money (lol), but I learned how to develop a spreadsheet and manage money. Girlstown gave me a safe shelter, good food, modest clothing, weekly entertainment activities, transportation, schooling and most importantly on-going emotional support.

16. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT
They worked hard to find me a good SIL placement, help with the move to my SIL home and college. Finally, with the help of my Girlstown SIL worker we discovered the John Seita Scholarship program at Western Michigan University. Without the Seita program, I would not have access to university.

17. PULL OUT THE KLEENEX
I am forever grateful for their support because without them and other great people in my life I would not be where I am today.” -Amal

18. $5000 SCHOLARSHIP
Amal has been accepted to the Advance Standing Masters in Social Work Program at Western Michigan University. “I desire to work with any individual who needs assistance where empowering them to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals is the core. I dream to create a long lasting positive change through investing in the lives of individuals, families and groups.”

19. FIRST ANNUAL WINE TOUR Sandhill Crane Vineyards Sunday July 23, 2017
4724 Waltz Road, Jackson, MI 49201
Sunday July 23, 2017
4:00 PM- 6:00 PM
Tickets are $30 and include hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting  

20. Western Golf & Country Club
2016
SUPER HEROES
&
VILLAINS
Auction
Auction
Go for the Gold
Saturday, November 4
Western Golf & Country Club
Redford