Emergency Youth Shelters

Child Saving Institute has provided emergency shelter and supportive care for children during family crises since our inception in the late 1890’s. Today, with emergency youth shelters in Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, IA, we offer short-term, therapeutic care for children and teens in crisis, helping them stabilize and move toward a brighter future.

Over the last few decades, we have refined and expanded our shelter concept into a therapeutic emergency shelter for children and teens. Today, youth are placed in our  shelters to address their immediate needs for safety. During their stay, the focus is always on therapeutic care with individualized service plans that emphasize strengths, identify achievable goals and reinforce small achievements.

Our emergency shelters offer a homelike setting for children and teens. Staff are selected and trained to practice nurturing care and support. The children are encouraged to do chores, have meals together and participate in group activities. All of the kids attend their home schools and are transported to appointments as needed. Those unable to attend school, receive educational services on-site in the shelter’s classroom. Visits with family members are encouraged and facilitated by staff when necessary. CSI also provides children in our shelter with a variety of special outings, like baseball games, plays, concerts and trips to the zoo.