ClearView Communities

Age Groups :: Young Adults (18 - 30)

Gender :: Female | Male | Transgender

Director of Admissions

Victoria Kiphart, LCSW-C

Admissions Email

info@clearviewcommunities.org

Admissions Phone

(240) 439-4900

Physical Address

611 W Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701

Mission Statement

The mission of ClearView Communities, LLC is to create a superior residential experience for persons with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders. We offer a unique and comprehensive program for adults with mental illness who are seeking recovery and independent living in the community. We are proud to premiere a short documentary featuring Sylvan Herman and a video tour and description of the ClearView Model. Please call us for more information.

Have you been to a shorter term residential treatment or assessment program? Are you in search of something that will help make progress, sustain it, AND learn to live a life worth living? Are you between the ages of 20 - 35 ish? Have you been diagnosed with a serious or persistent mental illness? Are you interested in being in a community that is focused on the whole person and integrating into your community?

➡️ ClearView Communities is a nonprofit in Frederick, Maryland. ClearView Communities focuses on their clients mental health recovery journey. All clients enter voluntarily and are committed to engaging in treatment journey.

➡️ Clients may come with diagnoses such as Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, and Failure to Launch. Personality Disorders and co-occurring Substance Abuse Disorders are evaluated case-by-case, and cannot be the primary area of concern.

We provide a holistic approach addressing the whole person: body, mind, and spirit. Listed below are all the facts about the program and how we will work with you and your family.
For more details of what a client's life is like at ClearView in Frederick or association membership (ARTA), state and national accreditations (MD & CARF) 📲 please call admissions at 240-439-4900.

General Information

Participant Age Group(s)

Young Adults (18 - 30)

Organization's Name

ClearView Communities

Year Founded

2011

Director of Admissions

Victoria Kiphart, LCSW-C

Admissions: Rolling or scheduled?

Rolling admissions

Admissions

Which age groups does your organization accept?

Young Adults

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

Young Adult Transition Association (YATA)

Payment Options

Insurance

Private Pay | Out-of-pocket

Does the program have more than one location for this particular program?

How does the program prevent clients/students/patients from leaving (running) from the program?

Call for more information

Average Length of Stay

Minimum Age of Participants

Location of Program

Suburban

Gender(s)

Female

Male

Transgender

What is the average number of clients you see per year?

Religious Affiliation

Minimum length of stay

Only accepts participants who are voluntarily enrolling only.

Yes

Maximum Enrollment

Can support 18 yo, if they enroll before 18?

Certified to accept students with I-20 Visa (SEVIS)

Call For More Information

What are the interview requirements for applicants?

Call for More Information

Religious Affiliation?

Billing & Payments

Payment Type

Insurance (see above for specifics on insurance)

Private | Self Pay

Cost per month/workshop/programming (in USD)

22500

What percentage of participants receiving funding from a state Adoption Assistance Programming?

What percentage participants who are Court Ordered?

What percentage of your participants are 'Private Pay'?

What percentage of your participants are funded by the School system? | FAPE / IDEA

What percentage of participants are 'State Funded' (example: medicaid)?

Is there an enrollment fee/outfitting fee/payment in advance?

Yes

If applicable, is the last month’s fees due at enrollment?

Insurance

Do your students receive insurance coverage for more than two weeks?

Yes

Do you have an insurance utilization person?

Full time staff member

in-network?

Yes

Levels of Care

Number of Phases or Levels

Not Applicable

Treatment Categories | Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment - Anxiety

Residential Treatment - Failure to Launch/Emerging Adulthood

Residential Treatment - Mental Health

Residential Treatment - Short Term

Residential Treatment - Transitional/Step Down

Residential Treatment - Trauma

Additional levels of care offered by facility

N/A

Does your organization have a Gap Year?

Accreditation

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

Young Adult Transition Association (YATA)

For licensed programs, by state or under 18, please select Incidents required to be reported to the state:

Major Injury | Death

Ownership

Ownership Type

Non-Profit

Name of Parent Company

Sylvan C. Herman Foundation

Name of Sister Company

n/a

Facility Operations | Type of Land

Privately Owned

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Are there medical rule outs

Yes

Possible medical rule outs

Actively Suicidal

Less Than 30 Days Sobriety

Need for Detox?

Pregnancy

Call For more information

Minimum IQ

Is there a minimum BMI

Yes

Can program accept insulin-dependent diabetics

Yes

Are there additional professionals?

Medical Doctor

Nurse Practitioner

Occupational Therapist

Psychiatrist

Psychologist

Recreational Therapist

Registered Dietician

Registered Nurse

Additional types of therapies

Occupational Therapy

Percentage of clients on meds at enrollment

> 50%

Psychiatrist

On staff

If psychiatrist is available to students, what percentage of students change meds?

> 50%

Clinical Operations

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside of organization?

< 50%

What is the largest caseload a therapist can have?

< 8

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Average number of days/week therapist are with clients?

Number of Individual Sessions with Therapist

Do clinical assistants work with lead therapists?

Do any of the therapists have more than one case load?

Yes

Treatment Modalities

Types of Therapy Offered

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Animal-Assisted Therapy

Art Therapy(with certified art therapists)

Behavior Modification

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Equine Assisted or Therapeutic Horse Back

Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP , type of CBT)

Expressive Art Therapy

Eye Movement & Desensitization and Reprocessing

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Occupational Therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psycho educational

Recreation Therapy

Seeking Safety

Integrated Wellness Support offered

Art

Meditation

Yoga

Does the program have a level/phase system?

Does program have a milieu-driven residential model? (Staff are trained in model)

Yes

If yes -- select all that apply

DBT Certified Program (Staff + Therapists)

Client Centered/Person Centered Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Integrated Wellness

Art

Meditation

Yoga

Does program use time out rooms?

Family Involvement

What is the typical amount of time a family should expect before hearing about an major incident?

Type of Family Therapy/Work Offered

Other

Therapy - Group

Is there group therapy?

Yes

Average number of hours per week facilitated by licensed therapist

Average number of hours per week of group processing? (i.e. run by staff, interns, grad students, etc.)

Average number of formal family therapy hours per week (not social calls to teen)

Is video conferencing accessible for family therapy?

Yes

Therapy - Individual

Is there individual therapy?

Yes, part of the program cost

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on a difficult week?

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on typical week?

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Therapist average case load

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside a program?

Not Applicable

Does the Clinical Director carry a case load?

Staff

What percentage of the line staff are full time employees?

> 50%

Line staff to student ratio during awake hours

Does program run background checks on all staff?

Yes

Is there an educational requirement for staff?

Yes

If Yes, what is it?

College Degree

Average number of hours staff are trained before their first shift

Are night staff awake or asleep

Awake

Programming

Dorm/Housing

Single Rooms with Private Baths

Single Rooms with Shared Baths

Neurodiverse Specialties

ADHD/ADD

Clinically Complex (possible behavior, genetic, students "who are puzzles")

Mood Deregulation &/or Anxiety

Type of Programming Offered for Neurodiverse Students

Academic & life skill Focus

Academic, functional living skills, life skills and social skills focused

Clinically-driven programming (addresses individual life, living, social and academic needs)

Academics

Grades Served

N/A

Can programming support a student to complete a GED?

Yes

Post high school options offered

Call for more information

Transitions

Do you offer transition services for participants/students?

Assessments

Does the client receive a neuropsychological evaluation?

What percentage of participants receive psychological evaluations?

> 50%

Who completes the psychological evaluation?

Multidisciplinary Team

Does program receive a fee for evaluation or referral?

Sober Living Houses

Random Drug Testing

Yes

Transportation Options

Provided by Program

Support Services

Choose an option

House/Community Meetings

Other

Are participants required to do chores in the house/community?

Yes

12 Step Meetings on Location

Yes

Housing Options (+18+)

<b>Support Staff</b>: apt, dorm, house(s) with on-call to apt, dorm, houses

Technology

Computer Access

Hardwired Computers

Students have Laptops

Students have Laptops and unlimited Internet Access

Cell Phones

Other

Research

Percentage of clients who return home, or to a more traditional setting (like transitions to college or gap year, boarding school, etc.)

> 50%

Has the program previously been part of an evidence-based study?

Is the program presently part of an evidence-based study?

Workshops

If you have workshops choose all that apply.

Call for more information

Accommodations

Call For More Information

Use of Personal Vehicle

Call for more information

Use of Electronics

Other

General Information

Admissions

Billing & Payments

Insurance

Levels of Care

Accreditation

Ownership

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Clinical Operations

Treatment Modalities

Family Involvement

Therapy - Group

Therapy - Individual

Staff

Programming

Academics

Transitions

Assessments

Sober Living Houses

Technology

Research

Workshops

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