The PAC Building (Preferred Adolescent Care) houses two units on the first floor: both locked secure units for adolescents ages 12-18.  Residents in these units have a considerable history of socially unacceptable behaviors.   

 

The basement houses a small gymnasium and one unit designed for adolescent males ages 13 to 18 that have engaged in sexually maladaptive and abusive behaviors and are at a high risk of re-offending.

The Children's Campus is home to several playgrounds as well as this regulation baseball diamond.  Recreation and athletics play an important role in treatment. 

 

The Children's Campus is also host to the World Wiffleball Championship, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009.  The championship has been held as a fundraiser for The Children's Campus for the past five years.

The Pavilion is one of the largest buildings on campus.  The first floor houses two staff secured units and two locked secure units. 

 

The second floor houses the staff secured unit for females. 

The Children's Campus is surrounded by lush, mature landscape near the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka, Indiana.  Our 12 acre campus has been owned by Family & Children's Center, our parent organization, since 1882.

The Children's Campus has developed a new, strength-based Transitional Living Program (TLP) designed to help at-risk youth transition from dependence to complete independence. Training and support will be given to youth as they move along a continuum of self-sufficiency, learning to handle greater responsibility and working to set and achieve vocational and educational goals. This program is run by qualified staff who will provide case management services, independent living skills training, access to community resources, and support and guidance during this challenging time in the youths' lives.

TLP serves:
• Youth ages 16-21
• Runaway and homeless youth
• Youth who are emancipated or receive concent from their legal guardians to participate; youth who cannot be wards of the court or state.
• Pregnant or parenting youth.


All youth and TLP staff are housed at a local apartment complex.
The complex is located approximately 1.5 miles from The Children's Campus®. The complex was chosen for its safe and well maintained facilities. Residents will live alone in one or two bedroom apartments that will be furnished and supplied with the basic necessities for independent living.

The Children's Campus has developed a new, strength-based Transitional Living Program (TLP) designed to help at-risk youth transition from dependence to complete independence. Training and support will be given to youth as they move along a continuum of self-sufficiency, learning to handle greater responsibility and working to set and achieve vocational and educational goals. This program is run by qualified staff who will provide case management services, independent living skills training, access to community resources, and support and guidance during this challenging time in the youths' lives.

TLP serves:
• Youth ages 16-21
• Runaway and homeless youth
• Youth who are emancipated or receive concent from their legal guardians to participate; youth who cannot be wards of the court or state.
• Pregnant or parenting youth.


All youth and TLP staff are housed at a local apartment complex.
The complex is located approximately 1.5 miles from The Children's Campus®. The complex was chosen for its safe and well maintained facilities. Residents will live alone in one or two bedroom apartments that will be furnished and supplied with the basic necessities for independent living.

The Children's Campus has developed a new, strength-based Transitional Living Program (TLP) designed to help at-risk youth transition from dependence to complete independence. Training and support will be given to youth as they move along a continuum of self-sufficiency, learning to handle greater responsibility and working to set and achieve vocational and educational goals. This program is run by qualified staff who will provide case management services, independent living skills training, access to community resources, and support and guidance during this challenging time in the youths' lives.

TLP serves:
• Youth ages 16-21
• Runaway and homeless youth
• Youth who are emancipated or receive concent from their legal guardians to participate; youth who cannot be wards of the court or state.
• Pregnant or parenting youth.


All youth and TLP staff are housed at a local apartment complex.
The complex is located approximately 1.5 miles from The Children's Campus®. The complex was chosen for its safe and well maintained facilities. Residents will live alone in one or two bedroom apartments that will be furnished and supplied with the basic necessities for independent living.