Mansion at Focus Point

Group Home Program

Staff to Youth Supervision Ratio

     Our staff provides comprehensive supervision for each resident not participating in a program outside the group home:

* During hours that children are awake and in the group home, at least one staff member is present for every four children.
* During children’s sleeping hours, at least one staff member is awake and present in the group home unless the environment and status of the children dictate the need for two or more. This determination is made in consultation with the Residential Director, the Group Home Manager and the Social Worker.
* At all times, at least one staff member shall be available, at the request of on-duty staff, to arrive at the group home within one hour of the request to further supplement the on-hand staff.

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What Services We Offer

     We provide each of our residents with a comprehensive array of group and individual counseling, designed to help them reach their personal treatment goals. These services include individual family counseling, group counseling, recreation therapy, narcotics anonymous, alcoholics anonymous and drug counseling. Our purpose is to use goal-setting and positive reinforcement to improve the mental, educational, physical, residential and social well-being of our children’s lives. For a detailed list of what services we provide our residents, please click here.

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Individual and Group Counseling

Individual Service Plan:

     The Individual Service Plan, or ISP, is Koba’s unique method of identifying the individual emotional and therapeutic needs of each student, and then tailoring the program to help them reach the treatment goals identified in the ISP. The ISP is designed to keep both the counselors and the resident focused on an attainable goal, and to provide a yardstick with which to measure progress. A meeting is held every three months to reevaluate the ISP with the parents, teachers, therapist, caseworker and the resident himself. The ISP focuses on goal-setting in five fundamental areas: mental, educational, physical, residential and social.

Individual and Group Counseling:

     Individual counseling, as specific to the ISP, generally occurs once a week (or as often as necessary) with a certified psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor. Group counseling is held with a social worker twice each week. During these counseling sessions, residents are encouraged to discuss their personal problems and receive advice from their peers. This builds a sense of community as well as helps to resolve any inter-personal difficulties that may exist. Group counseling is used as a therapeutic medium by which personal problems can be discussed and resolved in constructive ways that benefit all residents.

Other Counseling Services:

     Should the students need substance abuse education and/or counseling, that will be provided, in addition to transportation to and from the local narcotics anonymous/alcoholics anonymous meetings. A special aspect of our program is the life skills counseling, where we spend two sessions per week equipping the residents with information and emotional support that they will need to transition successfully from the group home environment. These life skills classes cover such topics as sound decision making, money management, personal hygiene, time management, personal safety, dating, marriage and family planning. With this unique and practical aspect of our therapeutic program, our residents are being prepared for life in the “real” world.

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Our Partnerships and Outside Treatment Facilities

Treatment Modality:

     Treatment is provided by a combination of in-house and out-patient clinics to meet the needs of each resident and to insure that the requirements of the Individual Service Plan are met. Outside clinical treatment services are provided by the following Koba Network Providers:

Arm Reach Inc.; Miguel Davis, Program Director
4315 19th Ave.
Temple Hill, MD. 20748

Community Counseling and Mentoring Services
Betty Helper, LCSW-C, LICSW, BCD, Clinical Coordinator
1400 Mercantile Lane #232
Largo, MD 20744

Greater Baden Medical Center
Dr. Annette Ficker, M.D.
13605 Baden-Westwood Rd.
Brandywine, MD 20613

The Continuity Care Nework (CCN):

     Koba Institute has established and implemented the Continuity Care Network (CCN) to facilitate access by group home residents to Public Specialty Mental Health Services administered in accordance with Maryland Medicaid Regulations, Section 115 Health Care Reform. This service provider network allows each resident who is Medicaid eligible and meets established medical necessity criteria to access outpatient mental health center, psychiatric rehabilitation program, and adolescent partial hospitalization program services. For a resident who transitions to a community outside the CCN service area, or is otherwise not eligible for CCN services, a referral to an appropriate mental health and/or psychiatric rehabilitation provider will be initiated in accordance with COMAR 10.21.20 (Community Mental Health Programs – Outpatient Mental Health Clinics) and COMAR 10.21.21 (Community Mental Health Programs – Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs). The current members of CCN include: Columbia Mental Health Resources, Inc., Maryland Family Resources, Inc., Village Family Network, Inc., and Delmarva Family Resources.

     Residential Care, Inc. (RCI), a treatment foster care provider serving Central Maryland also participates in CCN. RCI, with the approval of the custodial agency, will provide a foster family home setting for those residents who are not able to return to biological family settings. The participation of this agency has reduced delays in MFP discharges that were due to limited available foster care resources.

 

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Methods of Maintaining Contact with Case Managers

     The staff at all of our group homes keeps in regular contact with all case managers, providing them with detailed monthly and quarterly reports, as well as incident reports and telephone calls whenever necessary. The case managers are intimately involved with the formulation of the Individual Service Plan when the resident is first admitted, as well as the regular evaluation of the resident’s progress. Once the counseling staff and case manager agree that the resident’s treatment goals have been met, MFP will then work with the case manager to help plan for discharge.

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Program Results

Advanced Self-Evaluation System:

     All group homes undergo a rigorous self-evaluation every three months. A team consisting of a social worker, a nurse and a representative from Koba’s administrative staff all rate the program in the following categories:

* Child Care Services
* General Health Services
* Documentation (grievance reports, staff training, medical log, etc.)
* Personnel
* Administration
* Physical upkeep and sanitation

     If any problems are identified in any of these areas, steps are immediately taken to rectify the situation. As a final check, the residents are also periodically encouraged to offer their feedback on various aspects of the program.

Achieving Success:

     Once a child has completed the MFP program and achieved the goals outlined in her ISP to the satisfaction of the staff and case manager, there are a number of possible successful outcomes. Children can be reunited with their families, make the transition into a less restrictive home environment, live independently or pursue further educational opportunities. They can take the lessons learned while in the program and apply them successfully in a larger, more complicated world.

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