About Murphy-Harpst
Murphy-Harpst Children’s Centers is an independent not-for-profit organization committed to meeting the needs of abused and neglected young people through residential treatment, placements in specialized foster care, and community programs that serve at-risk youth and their families.
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Residential
The core of Murphy-Harpst’s Mission is to provide a safe and nurturing residential environment where children can thrive and heal. Residential Services provides therapeutic care to abused and neglected children in the Department of Family and Child Services, as well as troubled youth in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
York Academy
Residents at Murphy-Harpst attend the top-ranked York Academy on campus. School officials work with each child’s therapist to develop and appropriate individualized education plan to remediate their knowledge and prepare them to attend school in the community.
Recreation Therapy
Murphy-Harpst’s Therapeutic Recreation Program utilizes structured, goal oriented activities to enhance and improve our children’s lives. Our program provides many normal “firsts” most people experience growing up, including learning to swim, riding bikes, dressing for prom, enjoying dinner at a restaurant, painting a picture, or being a part of a team.
Spiritual Development
While participation is voluntary, children are welcome to attend weekly chapel services on campus. Chapel services are non-denominational and are used as a therapeutic tool; residents are assist in planning each week’s services.
Foster Care
Our foster care program focuses on finding and supporting compassionate families or individuals who will open their hearts and homes to foster a child in need of love and healing.
Community Services
Murphy-Harpst has an outpatient treatment clinic that offers assessment services, individual, group, and family psychotherapy, psychiatric and nursing care and in-home therapeutic services to Medicaid eligible youth, and their families.