Hillside Family of Agencies is a leading provider of child welfare, mental health, youth development, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, and special education services to more than 5,000 children and families each year. Below are listed general descriptions of the types of services we provide. For a detailed list of services with descriptions, refer to our Services Directory.

Hillside specializes in infant, international, and special needs adoptions. Recognizing that adoption is a lifelong experience, Hillside remains a resource for adoptive parents and their children after legalization.

Hillside customizes services to the specific needs and strengths of children, families, and communities. Specialized services can be developed on an as-needed basis.

Day Treatment serves youth ages 3-21 who are experiencing school-related and/or family problems. Day Treatment provides a stable, consistent environment where emotional and educational needs can be met. This is an integrated approach to treatment with focus on therapeutic and educational goals.

Developmental Disabilities Services for Youth
Community-based or at-home services are designed to treat youth that are dually diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances and developmental disabilities. Youth are assigned service coordinators who work closely with families and the community to build a supportive and effective group of services that allow for maximum individual growth.

Children who leave the care of Hillside’s foster or residential programs—or those who need assistance while still living at home—may receive some of our home and community-based services. Staff visits to families in the home focus on helping families resolve problems.

Hillside provides care to youth awaiting due process in Family Court. Our specialists evaluate the child, address medical and psychological issues, and provide the court with valuable information concerning the child’s background and emotional health.

At one of our clinic locations, children and adolescents have regular appointments with a social worker while living at home or in foster care and attending school in their home district. Services include crisis intervention, individual/family/group psychotherapy, diagnostic evaluation and assessment, crisis-intervention, and outreach and linkage to community resources.

Children and adolescents who are in need of 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week care and treatment due to the severity of their emotional disturbance live in residential cottages or community-based group homes while receiving individual and family therapy. Highly trained specialists work very closely with children in our care involving their parents in the entire process. Campus Schools provide special education to youth in Hillside's Residential Treatment programs.

Foster homes are available both as alternatives to our residential treatment facilities or as transitional facilities for children who have made progress in residential treatment but are not yet ready to return home. Local foster parents are trained, experienced, and committed to the child and family’s very special needs.