The Morehead Center is located in Rowan County in northeastern Kentucky. The facility is a ranch-style home that provides residential care for up to 12 girls in grades 7-12 who need special therapeutic care. The girls attend school on campus with teachers provided by the Rowan County School District.
Morehead works with girls who typically come from backgrounds of severe abuse or neglect. The girls often have an attitude of defeat and hopelessness when they arrive. A common thread that runs through almost all of the situations is the abandonment -- either physical or emotional -- that the girls feel.
Caring staff work with the girls through regular counseling sessions to help them build self-esteem and confidence. The therapeutic component enables the girls to begin the process of overcoming their pasts and taking control of their futures. Clients receive individual and group therapy, substance abuse counseling, life skills training and other psychoeducational and social skills groups and activities. The program emphasizes family therapy.
The length of stay for the girls ranges from 6 months to a year. The overall goal for the program is for the girl to move from Morehead to a stable living situation. For clients who do not reunite with family, Sunrise's continuum of care allows staff to refer clients to settings appropriate to their needs, which may include Sunrise's Family Foster Care Program or other residential programs.
In 2010, Morehead cared for 32 girls and provided 3,068 days of care.
We invite you to take a tour of our Morehead Center.
Sunrise's culturally diverse support system provides Morehead clients with a variety of spiritual growth and recreational opportunities as well as assistance with material needs.
The girls at Morehead engage in a variety of recreational and social activities on and off campus. They have taken group trips to the Kentucky Horse Park, Louisville, Zoo, Newport Aquarium, local swimming pools, miniature golf courses, horseback riding trails. Popular educational trips have included visiting the local hatchery and a tour of a coal mine. Community and church groups have visited the facility and brought craft projects to do with the girls. Service activities have included hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner for the community, organizing a family day cookout and performing for guests at their annual Christmas party, and designing the set for a local VBS, sending Christmas cards to soldiers, and knitting lap blankets for the elderly in local nursing homes. Each year, they enjoy planting and maintaining a garden on the property, as well as several flower beds. The girls also benefit from the educational, recreational and cultural opportunities available through nearby Morehead State University.
The Morehead program includes around-the-clock counseling staff and a full-time therapist. Therapeutic services include treatment for conduct disorder, truancy, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders such as major depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder, and parent-child relational problems.
Many of these young women come from a background that includes alcohol and other substance abuse. For those youth the Seven Challenges program is used to help the young women to make a commitment to minimize the impact of drugs and alcohol on their lives.
ADDRESS:
2495 Cranston Road
Morehead, Kentucky 40351
TELEPHONE
(606) 784-5882
PLACEMENT INFORMATION:
(888) 584-5922
FAX (502) 538-1159
*After hours placements please contact the program directly
No deficiencies
Program Director Patricia Miller wishes to congratulate her staff on a perfect score during their recent OIG inspection. Great job!
Girls learn interviewing skills
Ms. Roy and her mother recently hosted a session for the girls on how to prepare for a job interview and what to do during one. The session was followed up with some personal pampering for the girls.
Fun and service events encourage fellowship, build community
During a recent trip to Blue Licks state park, the girls viewed a civil war re-enactment, talked to two Indians about how the Indian tribes lived during the Civil War, played miniature golf, and had lunch at the park lodge.
They also attended a Fire Generation concert at Flemingsburg Baptist Church and later met and talked with the band. Two youth were saved and one rededicated her life during the invitation at the concert.
In honor of National Toasted Marshmallow Day on August 30th, the girls roasted hot dogs and marshmallows at the facility. Staff member Ms. Barker also got in on the fun.
The group also attended Bridge Days in Fleming County.
Clients also participated in their monthly service project, working in God's Pantry.