Teaching Family Homes - Contact & Locations

-Locations & Contact Information-

CAMPUS CENTER
1000 Silver Creek Rd, Marquette MI 49855 Group Homes
(906)-249-5437 Fax: 249-5438
Toll Free: 1- 800-292-5260

SAULT STE. MARIE OFFICE
121 Maple St. Suite C
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
(906) 632-1740

IRONWOOD OFFICE
201 N. Douglas Blvd
Ironwood, MI 49938
(906) 932-6272

ESCANABA OFFICE
1100 Ludington Street, Suite 204
Escanaba, MI 49829
(906) 789-9890

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE - Marquette

The administrative office is the headquarters for Teaching-Family Homes. Administrative staff provide clerical and financial support to all programs. Qualified support personnel specialize in treatment supervision, staff training, support and evaluation. The office also coordinates contract development, community training services, community relations and fund development for the agency as a whole.

- Christine Myers, LMSW - Chief Executive Officer
- Jerry Migda, LPC - Chief Operations Officer
- Joleen Baysore - Office Manager
- Mike Smith - Events Coordinator/Facilities Manager
- Kristina Balzarini - Public Relations/Fund Development
- Dave Mastric - Service Learning Coordinator
- Jen Perry - IT Manager/Program Support
- Corrie Reffruschinni - Program Support Specialist
- Kacie Starkweather - Program Support Specialist

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

- Jill Krah - Business Manager
- Marti Nachtman - Accounting Clerk
- Tina Carlson - Bookkeeper
- Marilyn Lempesis - Bookeeper

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

- Ann Crandell, LMSW- Residential Director

Regional Treatment Center - Marquette

This residential group home provides treatment for children with severe emotional or behavioral problems through individual and group therapy. The program, which operates in conjunction with regional behavioral health agencies and Marquette General Hospital, accepts youth psychiatric referrals, focusing on special needs for intensive treatment and care.

- Jamie Dieterle - Consultant/Social Service Worker
- Tanya Warren Gaston - Social Service Aide
- Mark Holliday - Program Manager
- Laura Ceccarelli - Special Education Teacher

Cedar Creek Teaching-Family Home - Marquette

Community-Based group home, co-ed, 8 youth, aged 5 - 17 years.Serves abused and neglected children. Behavioral treatment for developing social / emotional, academic and independent living skills. Staffed by a live-in couple or individual, assistant and family specialist who works with the family while the youth is in placement. Youth attend local schools and obtain support services in the community.

- Tim Fillmore - Consultant/Social Service Worker
- Gregg and Pam Corne - Family Teachers
- Melissa Bonetti - Assistant Family Teacher

South Bluff Teaching-Family Home - Gladstone

Community-Based group home, co-ed, 6 youth, aged 5-17 years.Serves delinquent children. Behavioral treatment for developing social / emotional, academic and independent living skills. Staffed by a live-in couple or individual, assistant and family specialist who works with the family while the youth is in placement.Youth attend local schools and obtain support services in the community.

- Erin Cretens - Consultant/Social Service Worker
- Jon and Kristie Carpenter - Family Teachers
- Marie Carter - Assistant Family Teacher

Indian River Teaching-Family Home - Marquette

Community-Based group home, co-ed, 8 youth, aged 5 - 17 yearsBehavioral treatment for developing social / emotional, academic and independent living skills. Staffed by a live-in couple or individual, assistant and family specialist who works with the family while the youth is in placement.Youth attend local schools and obtain support services in the community.

- Tim Fillmore - Consultant/Social Service Worker
- Nick and Ashley Rye - Family Teachers
- Jill Johnson - Assistant Family Teacher

Lakes Area Staff Secure Facility - Newberry

Residential program serving 8 male youth ages 10 - 17.Behavioral treatment for developing social / emotional, academic and independent living skills. On-site accredited education program. Staffed by highly trained, youth care workers, program managers, a teacher and social worker/ counselor.

- Dave Edie - Consultant/Social Service Worker
- Shannon McCann - Program Manager

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Our Campus offers a Day Treatment classroom for students who are unsuccessful in the public school system. The Social Skills Classroom serves the Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Services Area. It is comprised of three components including social skills teaching classroom for part-time to full-time special education students; outreach support services to regular education classroom teachers in an effort to prevent out-of-school placements; and teacher training and education around student behavior issues and methods.Teaching Family Homes also provides counseling and assessment services to students in the NICE, Ishpeming and Marquette school districts as well as North Star Academy (Charter School). Individualized behavioral treatment plans are developed to assist the student and school staff.

- Steve Rudness - Consultant
- Sandra Bannan - Teacher

FAMILIES FIRST PROGRAM

Intensive in-home counseling service for families in crisis. Teaching Family Homes' Family Specialists directly work with these families to build upon their strengths, teach new skills and keep them together as a functional and vital family unit.

-Western Upper Peninsula

- Laurie Massie - Supervisor
- Shirley Milton - Gogebic/Ontonagon County
- Adrienne Chase - Gogebic/Ontonagon County
- Pam Pouttu - Houghton/Keewenaw/Baraga County
- Jill Moore - Houghton/Keewenaw/Baraga County

-Central Upper Peninsula

- Sonnie Gobert - Supervisor
- Alicia Beauchamp - Marquette County
- Christine Sommers - Dickinson/Iron County
- Dyan Topper - Menominee County
- Sherry Viau - Marquette County
- Shannen Vlleneuve - Delta County

JUVENILE JUSTICE Diversion and Reintegration Alternatives (JJDRA) - Chippewa County

Established to preserve families and avoid out-of-home placement, with a dynamic approach to intervention in the lives of delinquent youth and their families. This program also assists transitions from placement to a home environment. Trained staff work with each youth, helping them reintegrate back into their home town while providing educational opportunities through school and community resources.

- Ron Saari - Supervisor
- Natasha Miller - Family Specialist

COUNSELING & ASSESSMENT SERVICES

Teaching Family Homes provides general counseling services to children and adults. Accepting most insurances, therapists are available in our Marquette and Escanaba offices.

- Robin Bailey-webb, LLMSW - Therapist, Delta County
- Carol Migda, Therapist, LPC - Therapist, Marquette County

TEEN PARENTING

- Rebeckah Zarogoza - Family Specialist