|
|
Programs
 The San Mar Group Home for girls
Founded in 1883, as an orphanage for boys and girls in need, the home has provided care to hundreds of children and youth. Today, the home operates to provide care to adolescent and preadolescent girls who have experienced the traumas of abuse, molestation, and general family dysfunction. It is San Mar's mission to enable these girls to understand and address the issues they are facing and move forward to become successful and productive members of society. The group home provides care for 20 girls.
 The Jack E. Barr Therapeutic Group Home for girls
Opened in August of 1997, this home for eight girls has quickly established a reputation for addressing the needs of those girls needing more structure than what is available in the main group home. Services are very intense. Girls completing this program may move directly into any of San Mar's other programs as is deemed appropriate by the treatment team.
The Edward and Pauline Anderson Transitional Living Home
Opened in 1990, this home serves three of the older girls who have completed the large group home program. It is designed to prepare girls for life on their own, when they leave San Mar.
The San Mar School
It is the intention of San Mar for each girl to be afforded a main stream education in the public school system whenever possible. When such participation is not possible or feasible due to either academic problems or behavioral difficulties, the girl is then educated in San Mar's on-grounds school program. San Mar is licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education as a Type III School. Girls in the program receive individual attention to their educational and behavioral needs. 
  The San Mar Treatment Foster Care
Program for boys and girls
In 1991, San Mar was licensed by the Department of Human Resources as a Licensed Child Placement Agency. Shortly thereafter, a program of Treatment Foster Care was begun as a means of initially providing nurturing and caring homes to girls no longer needing the high level of structure provided by the group home. This quickly expanded to serve both boys, and younger girls who had never been in residential care. San Mar recruits, trains, licenses, supports, and encourages families willing to open their home and share their family with a child in need.
The San Mar Adoption Program
Attention: Parents considering adoption or in the process of adoption!
San Mar will work closely with other adoption agencies to complete home studies.
If you have begun your adoption process with another agency you may remain with that agency for the entire process. Waiting for a home study to be completed for either a domestic or an international adoption can be quite a delay. We are able to work with you and your agency to complete that study in a timely manner.
Contact our adoption program for specifics.
 The Dr. Henry F. and Florence Hill Graff
Shelter for girls
San Mar's newest program of shelter care provides a safe, temporary home for adolescent girls while they await a pending court hearing or a more permanent placement. Girls will attend school at the shelter while in care.
|
|
|
