BPC Haven House

Empowering youth with hope, opportunity, and support

BPC Haven House is a small, relationship-centered residential program in Philadelphia for female youth ages 14–19 who benefit from structured care, individualized support, and preparation for greater independence.

With a maximum capacity of three residents, Haven House is designed to provide each young person with meaningful attention, consistent relationships, and support tailored to her strengths, needs, and goals.

Young People We Support

More Than a Place to Stay

Haven House is built around a simple belief: young people thrive when they feel safe, known, respected, and connected to possibility.

Our program combines a nurturing home environment with individualized service planning, therapeutic support, education, practical life-skill development, family engagement, and preparation for adulthood.

We recognize that every young person arrives with her own strengths, experiences, relationships, identity, and hopes for the future. Our role is to meet her where she is, help her build on what is already strong, and provide dependable support as she works toward what comes next.

Haven House is designed to serve female youth ages 14–18 who have been referred for residential care through an authorized placing agency.

We are prepared to consider young people with a range of experiences and support needs, including:

  • Mental and behavioral-health needs

  • Intellectual or developmental disabilities

  • Histories of trauma, disruption, or placement instability

  • Preparation needs related to adulthood and independent living

  • Pregnancy or parenting responsibilities

  • Diverse racial, cultural, religious, sexual, and gender identities

  • Physical disabilities that can be safely accommodated within the home

Admission decisions are individualized. We consider each young person’s strengths, needs, preferences, safety, compatibility with the current household, and whether Haven House can provide the appropriate level of care.

What Makes Haven House Different

  • A Small, Home-Like Setting

    With space for no more than three residents, Haven House is intentionally small. This supports individualized attention, consistent relationships, and a living environment that feels personal rather than institutional.

  • Individualized Support

    Each young person participates in an individualized service-planning process built around her strengths, needs, goals, family relationships, education, health, and plans for the future.

  • Preparation for Real Life

    Daily experiences are designed to help residents practice the skills they will need beyond placement—from managing routines and responsibilities to making informed decisions, maintaining relationships, and navigating community resources.

  • Connection and Belonging

    We work to create an affirming environment in which young people can maintain important relationships, explore their interests, participate in their communities, and experience the dignity of being heard.

Our Approach to Care

Haven House uses a trauma-responsive, developmentally informed approach that balances support, structure, accountability, and meaningful choice.

Services are coordinated through an individualized service plan developed with the young person, her family or supportive adults when appropriate, her placing agency, and other members of her team.

Depending on individual needs and therapeutic appropriateness, support may incorporate principles and practices compatible with Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Applied Behavior Analysis, skill development, positive behavior support, and other therapeutic practices.

Our approach is designed to help young people:

  • Strengthen emotional regulation and coping skills

  • Build safe and healthy relationships

  • Identify and pursue personal goals

  • Increase confidence and self-advocacy

  • Develop practical skills for daily life

  • Remain engaged in education

  • Prepare for adulthood and greater independence

  • Build connections to family, supportive adults, and community resources

What Everyday Life May Include

Life at Haven House combines predictable routines with opportunities for learning, connection, recreation, and age-appropriate independence.

Depending on each resident’s needs and schedule, a typical week may include:

  • Individual and group psycho-education sessions

  • Homework and study support

  • Meal planning, cooking, and household responsibilities

  • Personal wellness and self-care

  • Budgeting and money-management practice

  • Transportation and community-navigation skills

  • Horticulture and gardening activities

  • Self-care, cultural experiences, and community outings

  • Family contact and supportive-adult engagement

  • Individual goal-setting and service-plan activities

Young people are encouraged to participate in shaping their goals, routines, personal spaces, activities, and plans for the future.

Supporting the Whole Young Person

  • Emotional Well-Being

    Residents receive support in developing coping strategies, identifying emotions, managing stress, strengthening communication, and building healthy relationships.

  • Education and Career Support

    We support school participation, educational planning, academic progress, career exploration, and preparation for postsecondary education, training, or employment.

  • Independent-Living Skills

    Young people are encouraged to practice skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, scheduling, transportation, self-advocacy, accessing services, and managing everyday responsibilities.

  • Health and Wellness

    Residents receive support in accessing appropriate medical, dental, behavioral-health, and wellness services while learning to participate actively in their own care.

  • Family and Supportive Relationships

    When appropriate and consistent with the young person’s service plan, Haven House supports family involvement, visitation, communication, and connections with other important people.

  • Transition Planning

    Preparation for discharge begins at admission. We work with each young person and her team to identify goals, resources, relationships, and supports that can continue after placement.

Preparing for Adulthood and Parenthood

Older residents receive additional support focused on transition-age needs, including employment readiness, continued education, housing awareness, financial skills, healthcare navigation, community resources, and self-advocacy.

Pregnant and parenting residents may also receive individualized support related to prenatal and postnatal care, child development, parenting skills, healthy routines, resource navigation, and planning for the well-being of both parent and child.

Working Together

Progress is stronger when the people supporting a young person communicate and work toward shared goals.

Haven House collaborates with residents, families and supportive adults, placing agencies, schools, healthcare professionals, therapists, legal representatives, and other authorized team members.

We aim to provide timely communication, meaningful participation in service planning, and coordinated preparation for transitions—while protecting each young person’s privacy, rights, and individual circumstances.

Referral Process

Haven House considers referrals from authorized placing agencies seeking an individualized residential setting for an eligible young person.

1. Initial Inquiry

A referral professional contacts Haven House with basic information about the requested placement and anticipated timeline.

2. Preliminary Review

Our team reviews the initial information to determine whether the young person’s age, placement needs, and required level of support appear consistent with the program.

3. Referral Assessment

If the preliminary criteria are met, Haven House requests the documentation needed to conduct an individualized assessment of strengths, needs, risks, preferences, and program compatibility.

4. Collaborative Discussion

When appropriate, we speak with the referring team, the young person, family members, and other authorized participants to better understand the proposed placement.

5. Admission Decision and Planning

If Haven House is able to meet the young person’s needs safely and appropriately, we coordinate the admission process and begin individualized transition and service planning.

Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee acceptance or placement. Admission decisions are based on an individualized review, program capacity, household compatibility, and Haven House’s ability to provide the required level of care.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Haven House is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Specific location and visitation information is provided to authorized individuals as part of the referral and admission process.

  • Haven House has a maximum capacity of three residents, allowing the program to provide individualized attention in a small home environment.

  • The program is designed to serve female youth ages 14–18.

  • Families are welcome to contact us with general questions. Formal referrals and placement authorization must be coordinated through an authorized placing agency.

  • Yes. Family and supportive-adult involvement is encouraged when appropriate, authorized, and consistent with the young person’s individualized service plan.

  • Haven House may consider pregnant or parenting youth when the program can safely and appropriately meet their individualized needs.

  • No. Every referral is reviewed individually based on the young person’s needs, program capacity, household compatibility, and Haven House’s ability to provide an appropriate level of care.

Every young person deserves a path toward possibility.

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