How long will the children stay and how will their parents be involved?
Children will come to New Song while ages 8-13 and will be offered care and guidance until high school graduation, with their parent’s permission. We hope to provide such a great environment for the kids that their parents will want them to stay until graduation. We also hope that the kids have such good, affirming, successful experiences that they’ll feel at home and want to remain with us until they complete high school. We’ll ask parents to place their kids for a minimum of two years. Some of the kids will return home before high school graduation at the request of their parents, and because of this, we must always be preparing children for a possible transition back home. We’ll encourage parents to maintain a good relationship with their kids while they are in our care through phone calls, letters, and home visits, when appropriate.
