BEACON HOUSE
A Group Home Program for adolescent girls in out of home care
WHAT ARE OUR OBJECTIVES?
Our first objective is to return our residents to their homes; unfortunately, more than three quarters of the time, our residents cannot return home. Thus, we become their temporary family and prepare them for Independent Living.
BEACON HOUSE PROVIDES
• A warm, safe, secure, structured environment
• Counseling
• Individual, group and family therapy
• Academic support
• Life Skills Training
• Vocational training
• Career guidance
• Opportunities to develop ethics & responsibility
• Encouragement to be self sufficient and develop a personal “code of honor”Beacon House provides for eight girls. All attend public school with supplementary tutoring provided by Beacon House in conjunction with the local school system.
Residents earn privileges depending on age and behavior. Many girls participate in school activities and clubs. Each resident is assigned a weekly chore and receives a small allowance.
WHERE ARE PAST RESIDENTS NOW?
Former residents include legal assistants, nurses, waitresses, bank tellers, retail sales people, bank branch managers, cooks, food managers, child-care providers, auto mechanics, ambulance attendants, cashiers and real estate agents. During the past twenty five years, hundreds of teens have been served by Beacon House, and have entered virtually every career.
Many of our residents have attended college, including BriarWood, Albertus Magnus, Yale, UConn, Boston U., SCSU, and Teikyo Post. Not all former residents have pursued this path, but most are doing well, and are happy, productive citizens of our community.
Beacon House has been successful in impacting the lives of many young women. However, it is not possible without the assistance of our many volunteers and contributors. It is this collective effort between Beacon House Staff, Board of Managers, volunteers and contributors which make the saying “It takes a whole village to raise a child” certainly true with the children and youth that Beacon House must provide for.
Site visits may be made by contacting:
Nancy J. Davilio
Beacon House
159 Old Bound Line Road
Wolcott, CT 06716Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6232
Wolcott, CT 06716-6232Or by calling:
203-879-9233