Auberle offers a Semi-Independent Living (SIL) option for young men ages 16-18 through our GOAL Program (Group Oriented Adolescent Living). GOAL prepares young men to live on their own or return to their home and/or the community. Young men from the GOAL Program work toward strengthening family relationships and/or gaining their independence as young adults. Auberle provides them with the skills to obtain and maintain the employment, while learning valuable living skills such as cooking, cleaning and budgeting. This combination of service and skill development enables young men to gain their independence and be productive members of society.
Auberle's girls' programming helps abused, neglected and often forgotten young women in our community heal. In March of 2012, Auberle launched The Bloom Program - a semi-independent living program for 16 to 20-year-old girls. The program was created in response to a steep rise in female delinquency and fueled by the trauma resulting from a history of physical and sexual abuse of these young women. In the Bloom Program, young women receive life and social skills, GED/High school/ post-secondary support, career planning and mental health/drug and alcohol treatment. The Bloom Program prepares young women for independence and self-sufficiency. We're helping these young women rebuild their lives and break the cycle of abuse and neglect.
Our Bloom Partners:
The Bloom Program was designed and created with extensive support from the community. Bloom programming was designed from research by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Through partnerships with Robert Morris University, Carlow University and The National Girl's Institute, we are developing the research which we believe will lead to our program becoming the first evidence-based residential program for girls in the United States.
The Facilities:
The Bloom Program is housed in conjunction with our stabilization program for girls, GATE (Girls Adjusting to Treatment and Education). Both programs are held in a newly-renovated facility that allows a young woman to seamlessly transition from a stabilization program to a semi-independent living program. This state-of-the-art facility opened March 2012 and includes home-like living amenities and ADA accessibility.
View photos from the renovation
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