Mission: To teach children the values and life skills necessary for a successful life, one filled with caring, contribution and commitment, empowering each child with: the vision to see opportunity within adversity and the value of setting ideals to reach, the courage to try and the value of accepting obstacles as challenges to meet, and the will to succeed and the value of making the commitment to persevere. Programs: The guild helps emotionally handicapped children and adolescents achieve their highest potential as individuals and as members of society through a comprehensive program of education and therapy and provides related counseling services for children and their families, all within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. The guild also establishes and provides facilities and opportunities for the study and improvement of emotional problems of children and adolescents. the guild operates three therapeutic group homes, staffa house, kanner house and debuskey house for emotionally disturbed teenagers. These therapeutic group homes provide protection and support for the adolescents' return to the community. During fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, the therapeutic group homes served residents in 24 beds and averaged 23 residents per day for the fiscal year. the guild operates a treatment foster care program for children who have complex problems and are difficult for a regular foster home to manage. The program served an average of 57 children per day during fiscal year ended june 30, 2017.
