Hope Forest Academy serves males, between the ages of nine to 18 years of age who are committed to the Department after being assessed and referred as appropriate for nonsecure placement and are in need of Mental Health Overlay Services and/or borderline developmental disability (BDD) and developmental disability (DD) diagnoses.
The length of stay depends on the youth’s progress in the program by completing their performance plan goals, decreasing their criminogenic risk factors and addressing the youth’s individual treatment goals.