Overview

Friends & Supporters:

The legal/regulatory environment for youth in state custody continues to change. In adapting to these changes, Stepping Stone, Inc. remains committed to our vision of being the state leader in helping young men thrive.

The most recent of these changes opened the door to a more adaptive model of service in the form of Residential Transitional Living. Stepping Stone, Inc. is seizing on this positive development, which more closely aligns with our community-based, trauma-informed strengths perspective.

We want to be sure our stakeholders understand what this change means and what it does not mean. First, treatment plans will become transition plans. They will encompass many of the same areas. However, goals will be more focused on education, development, and growing toward independence rather than being exclusively focused on behavior modification. These goals will be oriented around life domains such as community, safety & security, and education/vocation.

Second, we will have a greater focus on helping clients build a permanent support network which they can depend upon to achieve their individual goals. This focus may utilize principles from programs like HEERO.

Many of the day-to-day activities of our program will not change, we were already a very community-based program. Residents will continue to pursue education, pursue jobs, enter college, build life skills, hone their abilities to cope with daily stressors, and work to establish permanent empowering relationships that will help sustain them throughout life.

We are happy to answer any questions and are excited about this opportunity to better fulfill our vision of being the state leader in helping young men thrive.

Our website is in the process of being updated to reflect this change. Please refer any questions directly to us using our Contact page (far right tab on the top of this page).

The mission of Stepping Stone, Inc. is to teach adolescent males to be positively self-reliant through behavior modification that fosters a positive self-image, academic skills, vocational skills, respect for society, and personal responsibility.

Our vision is to become the state leader in helping young men thrive.

Services Provided

The following clinical services are provided for our residents:

  • Crisis Intervention

  • Individual Transition Planning

  • Clinical Evaluations

  • Basic Living Skills

  • Case Management

  • Casey Life Skills Assessment

  • Independent Living Skills

  • Education and Training for Preventing Human Trafficking

  • Group Counseling

  • Substance Abuse Assessment & Counseling

  • Family Counseling

  • Psychological Evaluations

  • Medical, Dental & Optical Care

  • Medication Assessments

  • Nursing Assessments

Who We Serve

In order to be considered for the program, candidates must be:

  • Adolescent male, between the ages of 16-21, AND

  • Suitable for community-based Residential Transitional Living,

  • In the custody of the WV DHHR (no private referrals)

If you are a WV DHHR worker and have a male child's case that you believe may qualify him for our program, please visit our Contact page to submit your referral by e-mail. You can also call or fax us at the numbers listed on the left. Private referrals are not accepted.