Florence Crittenton Agency Inc

About Florence Crittenton Agency Inc

The Florence Crittenton Agency is a youth-focused treatment provider based on a 26-acre campus in Knoxville, Tennessee, serving teenagers who struggle with substance use, mental health concerns, or both. They run residential and outpatient programs and have spent more than four decades partnering with schools, courts, and other community organizations on outreach. Their substance use services include Youth Summit of Recovery, a residential program with a maximum stay of 60 days, and Square One, an intensive outpatient program for teens with substance use and related mental health issues. A separate residential unit, Crittenton Youth Services, supports adolescent girls with moderate to severe behavioral or emotional difficulties.

Youth Summit of Recovery is built for dual-diagnosis care, admitting teens who have a diagnosed substance-related disorder along with co-occurring mental health conditions. The program provides round-the-clock structure, starting with a comprehensive assessment and continuing with daily individual and group therapy, alcohol and drug education, and support groups. Families take part through weekly education and counseling sessions, while medication management, follow-up medical care, individualized behavior strategies, and aftercare planning round out the clinical side. Teens keep up with their studies at New Pathways Academy, an on-campus school, with the goal of helping them stop using, do better in school, rebuild family relationships, and cut back on high-risk behavior.