Pearl Youth Residence

Pearl Youth Residence is a positive learning place for youth, families, and staff. The program serves youth ages 12-17 from all around Washington state. 

The program has the capacity to serve up to 27 youth. Treatment includes a multidisciplinary team: case manager, therapist, psychiatrist, recreation therapist, youth peer, nursing staff, and milieu staff. The average stay is about 6 months. 

Students attend onsite high school full time in two classrooms taught by Tacoma Public Schools teachers. 

Pearl Youth Residence goals:

• Stabilize in a safe, secure and highly structured living environment
• Learn and practice skills in flexibility, frustration tolerance, and problem solving to promote recovery and healthy life skills
• Identify, create, and maintain healthy relationships,
• Reintegrate back into a community setting as quickly as possible

83% of youth discharged in 2019 completed their treatment – a majority of those decreased their behavioral symptoms.