SCCS - Group Homes

What We Do

SCCS Group Homes and shelters

When Garrett came to South Coast, he was just eight. His father had physically abused him and he bears a scar across his forehead from a time when his dad tossed him through a glass window. Along with his traumatic childhood, Garrett had been diagnosed with autism. He spent several years in an SCCS group home. Today, he’s living on his own and leading a productive life. While he has no contact with any of his family, he never fails to telephone South Coast every year on his birthday to bring them up to date, and also because he knows it’s a tradition for an SCCS staff member to take him out to dinner. Garrett puts on his best clothes, always shows up early, and makes a point of saying that he’s doing well now, not to worry.

Group Homes

For abused, neglected, abandoned, and special needs children

For more than two decades, South Coast Children's Society has been a leader in providing residential services whose hallmark is quality care, compassion and expert treatment to abused, neglected, abandoned, and special needs children between the ages of 10 and 18. In most instances, the children in our homes have been removed from their families because of abuse and/or neglect. We also have children with behaviors or developmental challenges that have impaired their abilities to be successful in their home and school settings.

We provide our children with a home environment enlivened with the presence of warm, caring and engaged adult caregivers who help them meet their core living needs in order to create stability.

Other important aspects of our Group Homes services include:

We provide a high level of care (Level 14-Dual Diagnosis).
We work hard, and excel at, creating a highly structured environment coupled with a nurturing, therapeutic milieu.
Many of the children we ultimately help to be successful have come to us after experiencing difficulty and failure in multiple prior placements.
Our children are taught a wide range of life and adulthood skills that cover topics from basic personal hygiene to job readiness, the nuances of public transportation, and budgeting.
We collaborate with educators to design individual educational plans for each child.
We go out of our way to expose our children to a variety of community-based outings and recreational opportunities to develop their social skills; for many of them, it may be the only opportunity they have for such experiences.
Many of our children remain in Group Homes until their 18th birthdays, because, unfortunately, they do not have family resources equipped to support them. We help them prepare for their transition into adulthood by working hard to weave them into the safety net present in their communities.



Our Approach

To give the best possible care, treatment and services for the clients we serve.
We strive to:

Meet core living needs in order to bring stability
Surround them with a strong, compassionate, engaged community of adults and caregivers to create an environment conducive to healing and personal dignity
Equip them with a team of highly competent treatment professionals