Residential treatment provides 24/7 therapeutic care for weeks to months when a young person can’t be safely or effectively treated at home. These are programs our families have researched, called or used — in Wyoming and across the country, including programs that specialize in aggression.
A cost-free referral service that helps families find and choose residential treatment for children of all ages.
Private nonprofit psychiatric residential treatment facility serving youth since 1930. Secured and open living units with 24-hour supervision; therapies include CBT, DBT, family, art, play, EMDR and equine-assisted psychotherapy, plus education and chemical dependency services.
Nonprofit youth services: residential treatment (ages 12–18), counseling, crisis intervention, education, mentoring and equine-assisted psychotherapy. Also runs a youth crisis center for ages 0–17.
Nonprofit serving youth ages 5–24 and their families: 24/7 crisis shelter and residential treatment (ages 10–17), education, therapy, independent living, the H.O.P.E. parenting program and mentoring.
Psychiatric hospital with inpatient care for children, adolescents and adults, plus residential trauma-informed treatment, diagnostic evaluations, education and adolescent outpatient services (psychiatry, IOP, teletherapy). Maintains a 24-hour line for families and providers facing a psychiatric crisis.
Treatment center in Powell, Wyoming. Call to ask about current programs and who they serve.
Long-term, staff-secure psychiatric residential program (24 beds) inside Cedar Springs Hospital, with an accredited on-campus school. The hospital also has acute inpatient units for ages 2–12 and 13+. See the program spotlight below.
Residential treatment for children and teens in Denver.
Residential, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment for kids and teens with mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders.
Residential treatment for adolescents with anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges, with strong family involvement and school support. About an hour from Cheyenne.
Teen residential treatment for substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions. 24/7 admissions line.
Large secure residential program for adolescents with behavioral health and substance use needs, often used as an alternative to detention. Placements usually come through courts, probation or child welfare.
Youth residential treatment center in eastern Idaho (shares a campus with a juvenile detention center).
Acute psychiatric inpatient care for ages 3–18 and adolescent residential units (ages 12–14 and 15–18).
Residential treatment on a ranch campus outside Billings. Accepts select Medicaid plans — ask about Wyoming.
Therapeutic residential programs for boys and girls 12–17, plus an autism spectrum program. Substance use considered case by case.
Residential treatment school: middle school boys 11–14, high school boys 13–18, high school girls 12–18.
Specialized programs for boys 12 and under with a history of sexual misconduct, and for moderate-to-high-risk young men 13–19.
Psychiatric residential treatment for adolescents and young adults, including those struggling with aggression, conduct disorder and ODD, with an accredited on-site school.
Hospital and residential treatment with a focus on aggression, along with suicidal or homicidal thoughts, anger and mood swings, depression, anxiety, hallucinations, trauma and substance use.
Residential treatment for children and adolescents.
Residential treatment for children and adolescents from outside Arkansas. Typical stay is 6–12 months, with on-site education and a track for youth who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Residential treatment specializing in youth with sexually maladaptive or problematic sexual behaviors.
Adolescent and child residential treatment.
Residential treatment for children and adolescents.
Residential treatment with separate children's and adolescent programs.
Neurobehavioral program (boys 11–13 and 14–17, girls 11–17) and behavioral program (boys and girls 13–17).
Neurobehavioral and behavioral programs; ages and programs vary.
Residential treatment for boys and girls ages 10–12 and 13–17 with an IQ of 70 or above.
Nonprofit with dozens of locations across many states offering residential and in-home services.
Residential treatment for children and adolescents.
Pennsylvania: boys 13–18 with sexualized behaviors. Georgia: boys and girls 12–17. Maine: autism spectrum and high-structure psychiatric treatment, ages 8–20.
Centers in Colorado, Arizona, California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, the Northeast and more. Age and gender served depend on the center.
Network of youth behavioral health centers in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana and more. Age and gender vary by center.
Adolescent residential treatment for mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders.
Residential treatment for adults, children and adolescents.
Inpatient and residential care for all ages across multiple locations. Accepts voluntary and involuntary admissions.
Call to ask which residential and youth programs are currently offered.
Residential program for young adult men working on independence, emotional skills and life direction.
Residential mental health treatment for young adults, with locations in California (Los Angeles, Temecula, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco), Minnesota, Connecticut (Fairfield County) and Virginia (Loudoun County).
Residential treatment for young adults, including anger management.
Young adult program in the North Carolina mountains. Call to ask about focus and fit.
Adult inpatient and residential treatment with a dedicated aggression treatment program.
Adult residential treatment for mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders.
Adult residential treatment in a private Utah setting.
Adult residential and hospital-based behavioral health care.
In therapeutic (treatment) foster care, specially trained foster parents provide a structured, therapeutic home with clinical support — sometimes a step-down from residential care, or an alternative to it. Learn how it works.
Therapeutic foster care program based in Casper.
Treatment foster care homes in Colorado.
Therapeutic foster care in the Denver metro area.
Offices in Wheat Ridge (303-703-9351), Colorado Springs (719-260-6110), Grand Junction (970-245-1616) and Delta (970-361-2843).
Specialized foster care in Northern Colorado; also in several other states.
Treatment foster care with an autism and intellectual/developmental disability focus in many states, including Colorado and Idaho.
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | (443) 923-5990 | Website |
| UMFS Treatment Foster Care | Virginia | (866) 252-7772 | Website |
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | Des Plaines, IL | (847) 635-4600 | Website |
| Thompson Child & Family Focus | Charlotte area, NC | (704) 536-0375 | Website |
| The Guidance Center (TFCO) | Southgate, MI | (734) 785-7700 | Website |
| Community Mental Health (TFCO) | Lansing, MI | (517) 346-8200 | Website |
| Oregon Community Programs (TFCO) | Eugene, OR | (541) 743-4340 | Website |
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Highlights from family handbooks our members have shared. Policies change — always ask the program for its current handbook.
Use this when calling inpatient, residential, PHP or IOP programs. Tick questions off as you go — your progress stays on this device.
Ask for the admissions criteria, parent handbook, sample schedule and written cost details.
If a program can't safely meet your child's needs, ask what level of care they recommend instead.
Not sure which level of care fits? Read Understanding levels of care and Inpatient care: what I wish I knew. In an immediate emergency, call 911 or go to the ER.
