CHILDREN WE SERVE
Children whose needs are consistent with agency licensing standards and admissions criteria are eligible for care. Methodist Children's Home is prepared to provide assistance to:

children who are neglected, delinquent-prone and in need of supervision;

children whose family circumstances do not allow the family to adequately care for them;

children with mild emotional or behavioral problems, such as argumentativeness, stubbornness, not following rules or not taking responsibility for their actions;

children whose families are experiencing a crisis, such as stepparent conflicts or family involvement in drugs and alcohol;

children whose parents must be separated from the family due to medical or psychiatric problmes, or incarceration;

families facing financial problems or crisis;

children suffering from the trauma of rape, incest, death, abuse or abandonment;

children who are depressed and withdrawn;

children whose parents or conservators are afflicted with health conditions that prevent them from maintaining full responsibility for the child;

unmotivated children having problems at school due to anxiety or negative peer pressure that interferes with learning and productive activities; and

parents and children who have decided that a "separation time" is a prerequisite to family healing.