The Ark Assessment Center & Emergency Shelter for Youth is a licensed emergency shelter and assessment facility in Corpus Christi, Texas that cares for infants, children and adolescents removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. The centre operates 24 hours a day and provides short-term stays, evaluations and coordination with placing agencies.
The Ark is a licensed assessment center and emergency shelter serving infants, children and youth. The facility accepts referrals from Child Protective Services and provides short-term residential care for children removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provides stays that may range from a day to several weeks.
The site is described as a homelike shelter with indoor activity spaces and a multipurpose gymnasium added during an expansion. Site plans referenced on the site include additional residential and outdoor-therapy amenities such as play areas and an outdoor therapy area with animals.
Staffing is provided around the clock; the organization reports a team of employees who work rotating shifts. Child-care staff receive training in childcare and are certified in CPR and first aid. Background checks are completed for all employees and prospective volunteers.
Licensed to provide assessment services for children who are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, with evaluations performed by medical and mental-health professionals.
Operates an emergency shelter for children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect, providing short-term residential care and transitional support while longer-term placements are determined.
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