Hoffman Homes

Hoffman Homes for Youth is a psychiatric residential treatment program for children suffering with mental health diagnoses and behavioral issues due to severe trauma, abuse, neglect and loss. Our purpose is to provide comprehensive psychiatric care, treatment and education to children and their families. We are committed to providing services that are cost effective and responsive to the unique needs of each child; always in close cooperation with the parents/guardians, referring agencies, managed care organizations, school systems and funding sources. Established in 1910, Hoffman Homes for Youth has grown from an orphanage to providing residential treatment for children ages 6-17 without regard to race, creed, gender, sex, gender orientation, sexual orientation or national origin. We offer a variety of behavioral health services, including: -Medical Services on-site, 24/7 -Educational Services, through Hoffman Academy, our on-site licensed, private academic special education school for grades 1-12 -Clinical Services: Individual, Group, and Family Therapies, and an array of Creative Therapies: Art, Music, Animal-Assisted and Equine-Assisted -Care, Supervision and Monitoring 24/7 Children that come to Hoffman Homes for Youth have severe mental health diagnoses and behavioral issues due to trauma, abuse, neglect, and loss. Ninety-nine percent of children at Hoffman Homes for Youth have had a prior stay in a psychiatric hospital. Many have no supportive home environment. Our organization is a lifeline for children who may have nowhere else to go for the essential help they need in regaining their mental health and hope for a brighter future. For over 100 years, HHY has been a place of peace, healing, and hope to thousands of children and youth with severe psychiatric and psychological challenges throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.