Children's Farm Home

I lived at the childrens farm home from 1979-82, helped to change my life and was one of the stepping stones to me getting my life together, lots of great memories:)

My daughter was at the Children's Farm Home for almost a year. It has changed her life and I finally see hope for her and her future. Her therapist and Dr. were so helpful and we finally got the help and support that she needed. It was a very hard experience for us both and I hated seeing her there but without their help she would not be doing as good as she is doing today. During her stay there I never felt like she was not safe or uncared for by her care team and I feel that most the staff really care about and want to help the kids. Her therapist went above and beyond to help her and our family!

I went to this program as a kid it was the best thing that my adopted parents did for me at that time i hated at that time because i didn't understand at that time but i am grateful for it now. thank childrens farm home

I have been to a variety of treatment facilities and can confidently say that this place was the worst of them all. I spent time here when I was 17 and stayed in the DBT cottage, which I would like to add, failed to teach anything DBT related. On Valentine’s day I was told to sit in the corner of a room while I had an anxiety attack while police raided the house with their guns drawn. A patient outside was attempting to fight an officer with a pipe broken off the side of the house while a girl was slitting her wrists upstairs with the cover of an outlet that she ripped off the wall. The police had to intervene because the facility is so understaffed that they were unable to care for the patients. While I was here, I was actively struggling with an eating disorder and ended up relapsing because the staff had no training in how to handle a patient with this diagnosis. This facility says that equestrian therapy is part of their program when in reality patients are encouraged to scoop manure and most patients never get the chance to spend time with the horses. I left this facility with more issues than I had to begin with. It would bring me joy to see this place torn down. I advise parents to send their children to the Edwards school or the Parry center. I have been diagnosed with PTSD due to the traumatic experiences that occurred at the children’s farm home.

This place is always short staffed and unorganized! The FE cottage never answer the phones and always have excuses why. My daughter has been here almost a year and absolutely nothing has changed for the better.