Florence Crittenton, Inc., will expand its services with two new high acuity homes, thanks in large part to Congressionally Directed Spending via U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.
Capito’s office confirmed that Florence Crittenton will receive $3,042,000 in federal funding to expand its Center for Young Women and Children. The organization initially announced the funding at its gala in April.
The two new specialized, therapeutic, high-acuity, homes will be designed to meet the full array of unique behavioral and mental health needs of young girls, mothers and babies. They serve young girls, ages 12-21, providing highly specialized trauma-focused mental and behavioral health treatment.
Crittenton plans to construct two new, small ranch homes to be licensed as residential healthcare facilities aptly named Crittenton’s Center for Young Women and Children. Each facility will house up to seven young girls and allow Crittenton to reduce the on-going utilization of out-of-state adolescent residential services.
“This is really going to enable us to increase our census but, just beyond that census, it’s going to help us expand to the entire community and to the entire state,” Crittenton CEO Ashleigh Parker said in April. “We’re finding that hundreds of children are being sent out of state for their residential needs. Even if we can help just an additional 10 girls have housing within our facilities, that’s really going to make a major difference.”
Capito said she is constantly working to expand the scope and quality of West Virginia’s health “These CDS awards will expand emergency services, provide the capital to raise our standard of care, and help deliver better treatment outcomes in West Virginia,” Capito said. “I’ve worked closely with our health care providers and educators to listen and identify their most pressing needs, and these awards will supplement the great initiatives they are taking.
“As Ranking Member of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, I will continue to partner with local leaders to prioritize West Virginians’ health and work to ensure they get access to the care they need and deserve.”