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ABOUT FRESH START NOW

Fresh Start Now is a children residential center that provides therapeutic and educational services to adolescent boys that suffer from sexual trauma. This small and specialized residential care facility serves children from 12 to 18 years of age. Our services are safe and secure, providing placement agencies with a highly qualified and structured team approach to care.

Fresh Start Now is committed to providing Ohio with state of the art, gender specific, professional care in behavioral and educational services for adolescents. This is accomplished through promoting behavioral, spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and interpersonal growth in a safe and secure program that emphasizes healthy and appropriate sexual health. 

Family involvement is a crucial component of the therapeutic program at Fresh Start Now. We provide family education and support groups, family therapy, and weekly visitation. We can also provide transportation if needed through our assistance program. 

Fresh Start Now is also committed to providing specialized therapeutic treatment to Ohio's troubled youth in a collaborative effort to ensure family reunification or permanency in the least restrictive setting.


FRESH START COMMITMENT

Fresh Start Now is also committed to providing specialized therapeutic treatment to Ohio's troubled youth in a collaborative effort to ensure family reunification or permanency in the least restrictive setting. 

With an innovative approach to treatment, residents will learn appropriate self-regulation and behavior management techniques that will lower the risk of re-offense. Caseworkers and Parents are encouraged to be active members of the treatment team to ensure that each child gets the most out of the therapeutic environment. 

Fresh Start Now will have a membership with the Ohio Association of Child Caring Agencies (OACCA) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Below is a list of Licensing that Fresh Start Now is applying for:

  • Licensed by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
  • Certified by the Ohio Department of Youth Services
  • Accredited by the Council on Accreditation

Residential and Outpatient Care For:

  • Sexually traumatized children
  • Children that abuse
  • Sexually reactive children
  • Children with general problematic sexual behavior