Our Programs
Main House
Chrysalis is a residential girl’s home that seeks to provide a safe, nurturing family environment to girls who are in need of therapeutic foster care between the ages of ten and eighteen. The program offers trained specialists to assist the girls in their journey back to physical and emotional health. Up to fourteen girls can reside at our facility at any given time, and the program has helped hundreds of girls since it first opened in 1988. Most of the girls are from the Wiregrass area, but Chrysalis accepts referrals from all over the state of Alabama.
Availability
Rolling availability
Business Address
100 Westside Drive
Dothan, AL 36303
Transitional Living
Transitional services are designed to help girls aged 16-20 learn to become more self sufficient. Services are delivered in a family style atmosphere where life coaches provide close supervision and on-going monitoring of resident progress. To the greatest extent possible, the transitional living cottage is operated like a family with family meetings, structured schedules, and daily responsibilities assigned to each resident. The girls are allowed to attend community including public school, work, church and various extracurricular recreational and social activities. Transitional residents are assisted in establishing friendships within the group, at school and in the community. Residents work through a training curriculum provided by life coaches. They learn to assume more and more responsibility for themselves and gradually, over time, become prepared for more independent functioning.
Admission Procedures
Referrals to Chrysalis are made directly by the Department of Human Resources for girls who are in custody of the state. Anyone wishing to refer a girl to Chrysalis should contact 334-618-4532 or email programs@chrysalisdothan.org. Admissions are limited to girls who reside in the state and who are deemed appropriate for the program by the referring agency and the program staff.
Availability
Rolling availability
Business Address
100 Westside Drive
Dothan, AL 36303
