Auberle’s residential programs are designed with the understanding that every child has the potential for positive growth and development. The ultimate goal for every child who is placed at Auberle is family reunification or other permanency planning, providing the child with the least restrictive living environment possible.

Auberle's residential programs serve boys and girls between the ages of 7 to 18 who are experiencing behavior issues or family problems severe enough to preclude them from remaining at home and in the community.

All children are referred by County Child Protective Services or Juvenile Court.

Auberle offers each child and family an individualized environment to help them achieve their fullest potential. Each residential program is designed with clear expectations that help children adjust to residential placement. At the same time, the needs and treatment goals of each child and family needs are assessed and defined. Auberle Residential Programs have been developed with the goal of preventing early negative discharge and finding the least restrictive way to achieve each goal the child and family.

Auberle provides children with an evolutionary progression of services, both short and long-term. This ensures that each child receives personalized, competent and consistent care and treatment during their time here. As the child and family see and feel positive progress, Auberle adapts to meet the new needs and challenges of the individual and family.

Male Residential Campus Program
Each child that enters Auberle is unique and requires services that fit their individual situation and needs. The Male Residential Campus Program offers a variety of services to children and their families, some of which include:

• Positive Peer Culture - teaching children to help one another and take responsibility for one's own behavior.
• Parents and Children Working Together - using intense family involvement with an ultimate goal to reunite child with his family.
• Teamwork and Responsibility - developing personal behavior goals achieved through positive reinforcement, skill-building and family involvement.
• Skill Building & Problem Solving - small, staff-intensive treatment preparing children to be effective at home, in school and in community by developing skills in peer relationships, anger management, following directions and pro-social skills.
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Female Residential Campus Program
Girls Adjusting to Treatment and Education (GATE)
This program is a therapeutic, group living program focusing on assessment and individualized treatment planning that addresses family issues, skill development and preparation for family reunification or move to lesser restrictive environment with permanency planning as a major focus. Auberle's GGH services females ages 13-18 referred by County Child Protection Services or Juvenile Court.
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Community-Based Living Program
Group-Oriented Adolescent Living (GOAL)
One of Auberle's intensive services, providing short and long-term, structured community-based living for adolescents, ages 15 to 18. The program is designed to provide a less-restrictive environment for children that will promote the positive evolvement of life and social skills, GED training, career planning and family therapy. The primary goal of this unique program is to prepare the adolescents for a return to their home community or transfer to our Semi-Independent Living Program.
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Transitional Housing
Movin’ On
Auberle has always been concerned with addressing the needs of those people who have nowhere else to turn. One of the neediest populations that Auberle has been actively trying to reach is young men, ages 16 to 21, who are currently homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.

Movin’ On was created to provide an answer to help these troubled young adults find their way to a truly independent life. Movin’ On is a transitional housing facility in its purest form; the intent of the staff is to provide clients of the program with all of the means and support necessary to transition from potential homelessness to completely autonomous living. Up to 10 clients may be served at any one time, and clients may take part in the program for up to 24 months or to the age of 21 which ever comes first.

Auberle’s Movin’ On represents a new approach to meeting the critical needs of the homeless. Every client is asked to say goodbye to old habits, adopt new values, and to think with vision. Clients of the program soon realize that Movin’ On is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help them succeed.
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Emergency Shelter
Auberle provides emergency shelter for children ages 7 to 12 who have been removed from their families because of "at-risk" situations and are in need of protective services. The Shelter program provides shelter services to children who are in need of a supervised, structured and therapeutic environment. Assessment, therapeutic intervention and treatment/planning services are coordinated and/or provided. This service is contracted by Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Children, Youth and Families.
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For more information about our Residential programs, e-mail our Intake Coordinator at: Info@auberle[REMOVE THIS].org (address appears this way to reduce spam).