Beyond the Walls joins the services provided by Shiloh House to complete the continuum of support for youth ages 16-26 as they become successful, productive young adult members of their local communities. Beyond the Walls creates a seamless tapestry of support for young people as they transition from out of home care to independence. Through a vibrant Community Resource Network young people link to resources and mentors which provide life skills, learning opportunities and tools to help every young person achieve their goals for the future.

Beyond the Walls uses the proven mentoring model of Circles to assist young people in gaining vital confidence and support during times of change in their lives. The Circles model combines the benefits of one on one coaching and working within a group of peers. A combination of action learning, coaching and peer mentoring provides young people with a wider source of support and inspiration for idea generation. This approach encourages greater creativity in problem solving and helps each young person learn how to thrive on the journey toward permanency.

Our Community Resource Network is made up of partners who are willing to make a commitment to developing a healthy relationship that will support youth in and out of home care to begin their journey with confidence. Beyond the Walls partners with young people as they move from case management, toward being community connected and begin building a foundation of connections and social capital to help each young person thrive. The volunteers in our Community Resource Network link young people to opportunities and experiences to help them reach their goals. This integrated system of resources and connections amplifies the ability for each youth to have caring adults working with them as they journey toward the future.

Beyond the Walls at Shiloh House works to ensure that every young person is:

  1. Attached to nurturing adults
  2. Linked with educational supports that lead to career readiness
  3. Engaged in community, school and/or extracurricular activities
  4. Career ready with positive attitudes about the world of work
  5. Productive and equipped to reach financial self-sufficiency
  6. Aware of, appreciates and demonstrates behaviors of personal and social responsibility
  7. Demonstrating healthy decisions that lead to well-being

 

Evening Reporting Center

Shiloh House Evening Reporting Center is an alternative to secure detention for pre-adjudicated and adjudicated adolescents. The services provided offer a passage away from detention, further court involvement and out-of-home placement, while providing tailored programming that addresses each youth’s individual needs and strengths.

Evening Reporting Center offers, within a highly structured environment:

  1. Academic tutoring and monitoring.
  2. Truancy counseling
  3. Life skills development
  4. Conflict resolution
  5. Substance abuse counseling
  6. Resource development
  7. College and career exploration
  8. Therapeutic recreation

The goal of the Evening Reporting Center is:

  1. Improve the youth’s academic attendance
  2. Appearance at all scheduled judicial hearings
  3. Maintenance of appropriate behavior at home and in the community
  4. Performance of community service
  5. No commission of new delinquent acts

Evening Reporting Center staff members work with schools, juvenile probation officers, parents, courts, case workers and other community partners to collaboratively achieve the program objectives