Organization name: Alexander Youth Network

Purpose/mission: Alexander Youth Network provides quality professional treatment to children with serious emotional and behavioral problems. We deliver an effective and efficient array of services, enabling children and their families to exercise self-determination, achieve their potential, and become positive contributors to society.

Population served: Children with serious emotional and behavioral problems

Services/programs/resources offered:

• • Diagnostic and Outpatient Services: The board-certified psychiatrists at Alexander provide diagnostic testing, clinical assessments, and outpatient therapy services including individual, group and family therapies to manage behavioral challenges.

    • • Outpatient services

      • Specialized clinical assessments

  • Community-Based Programs: Community-based programs are delivered in the home and community to use the child’s natural support systems and networks to identify challenges and provide appropriate skill interventions to manage them.

    • • Therapeutic Foster Care

      • Intensive Alternative Family Therapy (IAFT)

      • Intensive In-Home (IIH)

      • Multi-Systemic Therapy & Multi-Systemic Therapy – Problem Sexual Behavior

      • Rapid-Response Crisis Homes & Services

  • Substance Use Treatment: Alexander Youth Network offers substance use treatment in Charlotte in collaboration with Anuvia Prevention Services. Through this partnership all clients of Alexander Youth Network and The Relatives, ages 12-17, are screened for substance use services when appropriate. In addition, Alexander Youth Network also integrates substance use treatment into the following programs in Greensboro, NC:

    • • Structured Day Treatment*

      • ASAP Group Home*

  • Day Treatment/Intensive Outpatient: Our 15-day treatment programs* serve children and adolescents from across the region and provide treatment in structured setting.

  • Residential Treatment: Alexander Youth Network operates two Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF), which serve all counties in North Carolina. Our facilities are based in Charlotte and Greensboro.

  • Therapeutic Programs:

    • • Trauma Informed Care

      • Bark and Heal

      • Therapeutic Drumming

      • Swimming

      • Yoga Therapy

      • Recreation Therapy

      • Pet Therapy

Costs/requirements to participate:

• • Children are referred to programs by family, physicians, schools, county departments or social services, insurance plans, hospitals, and North Carolina Area Mental Health programs.

  • Each service has its own fee schedule. Fees for most services are covered by private insurance plans or by Medicaid depending on your personal circumstances. When the quality of service exceeds what fees will cover, we depend on charitable dollars from our community to invest in the quality treatment we offer as a way to create positive changes now and in the future. Some programs are paid for by grants from departments of social services, the department of juvenile justice, or other organizations and institutions. Alexander’s Intake Department at 855-362-8470 can provide more details on fees and payment arrangements.

How families can access more information if interested in pursuing:

• • Contact info: 855-362-8470, info@alexanderyouthnetwork.org

  • Website: https://www.alexanderyouthnetwork.org/

  • Social media sites:

    • • Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexanderinfo

      • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexanderyouthnetwork

      • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTtLARWbOayC8XH7SYW-I3A