Children's Farm Home

"If I could give this place negative Stars I would. They wouldnt let me shower bc of "not enough staff" (I was not a a board) and when i was in a hold i had shown calm body for 5 MINUTES. the whole time I was actively bleeding and had told them as calmly a kid who's being held down can that they were bending my finger the wrong way. I now have a crooked finger and PERMANENT hand pain. They also refused to help with any of my mental AND medical needs. I needed to get my blood drawn frequently because of a medical condition and non of that happened. And whenever I would try to get genuine halp for my mental health I was put on more meds. By the end of my stay I was VERY behind on credit and much worse. I was taking 10 DIFFERENT meds every Morning and 7 every night. I had given up on everything. Once I was in the foster system I was finally able to get the help I needed and am much better now. DONT GO TO THE FARM HOME. IF I HADN'T I WOULD BE MUCH BETTER NOW."

"I was in this place back in 2000 to 2002. When I was 7-9. While it was hectic at times, the staff were pretty indifferent about how we all acted towards ourselves, while preparing for if we did anything to anyone else. I would love to see if anything is different about this place as well as possibly seeing the Northpoint cottage.. i think it was that at least. Could've been better in several areas and was traumatic in others.."

"I worked at the farm home for almost a whole year. I ended up leaving the company earlier than I had originally planned. I applied to work at the Farm home because I am genuinely passionate about helping youths. During my time at trillium i spent most of my time navigating interpersonal issues with other staff. There is a strong clique mentality on the teams at the company, and if you as a staff aren’t apart of the clique you will know for sure. Staff often go without breaks, or meals and are then told to perform at their best during what can often be an 8-10 hour shift. Despite these issues I planned to stay, until I was targeted by the lead staff and HR for a crime I did not commit. Something that’s in the staff contract is a clear policy stating that all politically charged memorabilia should not be brought to work. More over if any personal items were damaged on campus the company was not liable. One night after I had gone home and clocked out a staff member had a Blue Lives Matter flag cut from their vehicle. For weeks following this event it became clear I was being accused of this. Leads were harassing me about it, I hadn’t observed them doing the same to anyone else. Coworkers were showing up to work in their 1776 memorabilia and constantly asking me about the flag. It is important to note that for the most part this flag is used in direct response to the Black Lives Matter movement, and is used to engineer a sense of discontent with the cause. More over mental health facilities are disproportionately populated with POC and LGBTQ+ individuals. The fact that the individual thought it appropriate to show up to work with this flag posted in their truck should’ve been cause enough for them to be brought into HR. Instead of holding the individual accountable for going against company policy HR decided to spend their time targeting me based on an accusation made by the owner of the flag and their opinions about my personal political affiliation. I had received an email saying all staff working that night were contacted about the incident- only 3 staff that I spoke to were contacted and I was the only one on my shift who received the email. Eventually I was pulled into HR to talk about it, this conversation made it very clear I was being targeted for this. During all of this an incident happened where a lead was continuing to use the term powwow to have the clients join a group. Several clients came to me asking to ask the individual to stop. I told the clients I would talk with the staff about it after the night was over in our wrap up meeting. Unfortunately the staff continued to say it over and over. The clients were progressively and progressively more upset as the staff continued. I stepped in and politely suggest we use a different term as the one being used is racially charged. The staff proceeded to be rude and mean to me at the end of the shift saying I had “no idea what” they could’ve meant by powwow the staff said “it could be a dogs name”. How the clients were being instructed to come inside for a dog that wasn’t there I have no idea. But this lead reported me to their boss and I was reprimanded for standing up for the clients. This became a theme and incidents like this continued to happen for awhile. I didn’t want to come to work because I knew when I showed up I would be harassed from the moment I clocked in until I clocked out. It was like the leads were tasked with getting me to tell them about the incident. More importantly I was being accused of something that happened while I wasn’t even at work, after I had clocked out and gone home. I quit because it was very clear to me that this was going to continue to be a problem, and I couldn’t come into work anymore feeling that dread. I can’t begin to describe how little it felt the company cared about my side of the story, and how quick they were to accuse me and target me for what had happened. I think this is something families, and potential employees need to know. My experience is a perfect example of how they treat their employees."

"My daughter was placed there, got into the yard where it is supposed to be secure, and ended up finding glass which I don't know how it was possible because they're supposed to be supervised 24 hours a day and there should have been glass in the yard. It's not safe for children my daughter did cut herself with the glass that was found in the yard where the kids all go out and that's very concerning to me. The other time she was there back in August her in another client got out in the yard for over 20 minutes and staff didn't know where they were so you tell me how these kids are getting help.. they are not being supervised like they should."

"The problems started at the very beginning. The facility is unaware of their census or when they can actually take new clients. They told us to bring our child in, then told they didn't have the space. Knowledge of basic information is lacking and accepted in this facility. Not all the staff that should be there in intake show up (like the dr). Basic protocol isn't followed, such as someone inventoring your child's belongings so they have access to them upon entry. We were told, twice, by medical staff that any change in my child's medication would be discussed with us and that we would be informed of any changes. Then my child's medication was changed and no one told us. I learned about it, two weeks later, when i happened to be visiting and saw the pills were different. When asked Dr Aldridge straight up lied right to my face, saying he called to tell me about the changes, but didn't leave a message (I had no missed calls from there, i double checked my call logs) and then he said he didn't call, but had meant to. I'm not sure what one he did, though I'd put money on him not ever calling at all as there is no way I wouldn't have answered their call. The medial staff lies right to your face. My child was groped and no one told me. That client's room was right next to my child's and despite the therapist, and program manager agreeing that one of them should have been moved immediately, no one knew why that didn't happen. Even days later. The staff is mostly high school graduates. That's who spend the most time with your child. A high school graduate with a week of training, where they are then described as a skills trainer. The school has a high teacher/ student ratio (approximately 6 students to 1 teacher) and staff can help each student more effectively than in a large classroom setting. Over all the staff is friendly. The horses are a helpful therapy tool. The grievance process was fairly easy to do. Apparently there is a large need for complaints as they have a stack of the paperwork readily on hand. I had to pull my child out of in patient psychiatric care as I was not being involved in their treatment and huge changes were made without my knowledge or consent. I now have less hope than before we went in. If you're at the end of your rope and have no idea what to do next, I can't tell you not to send your child there. I can tell you our experience. Make sure you are kept informed about your child's treatment or daily interactions with other clients. Diligence and frequent questions need to be taken into serious consideration. I would have liked a different ending and am really disappointed in our experience. I hope this is helpful to other parents. I don't think it's a bad place, it's just got terrible communication and is somewhat poorly run. I wish you the best of luck"