Residential Program Admissions
RMYA provides shelter & care for a child through each stage of their healing journey. The Bridge Emergency Shelter offers children ages 5-17 a safe, short‑term living environment due to abuse, neglect, or homelessness. Meadowland, RMYA’s long-term residential care for children with high needs due to significant abuse. The TurningPoint Transitional Living program teaches young adults ages 18-24 independent living and life skills for adulthood.
Admissions & Points of Contact
Children in Foster Care or in Need of Long-term Residential Care
Please contact us if you are a placing agency or case worker who is looking for placement for a child.
Children in Need of Emergency Shelter
Please contact us if you are a placing agency or case worker who is looking for placement for a child.
Children in Need of Private Placement
Please contact us if you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other guardian providing care for a child who might need our help. Beds funded by generous donors are available to cover costs of care for those in need.
Meadowland District Charter Schools
Learn more about our incredible Charter School System and inquire about enrollment today!
Young Adults (18-24)
Counseling for Youth and Families
RMYA’s Family Counseling & Resource Center (FCRC) serves children ages 17 and younger, as well as their families, and offers no-cost and Medicaid-covered individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, parenting classes, and child and adolescent psychiatric services for community children and families struggling with emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues. No family is ever turned away due to inability to pay.
FCRC staff will reply to messages and emails within 24-48 business hours.
Record Request
RMYA securely maintains medical records in accordance with federal and state regulations. Your health information is private, which is why we call it “Protected Health Information” (PHI). The basis for federal privacy protection is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its regulations, known as the “Privacy Rule” and “Security Rule” and other federal and state privacy laws.
Frequently Asked Questions about Medical Records
If you are requesting a copy of your medical record be released for continuing your health care (e.g. to your therapist, psychiatrist, another facility, primary care physician, school, etc):
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Know Your Rights about Your Personal Health Information
Your right to know who else sees your PHI
You have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures we have made of your PHI over the past six years, but not before April 14, 2003. We are not required to account for all disclosures including those made to you, authorized by you, or those involving treatment, payment, and health care operations as described above. There is no charge for an annual accounting but there may be charges for additional accountings. We will inform you if there is a charge and you have the right to withdraw your request or pay to proceed.
Your right to amend your PHI
If you disagree with your PHI within our records, you have the right to request, in writing, that we amend your PHI when it is a record that we created or have maintained. We may refuse to make the amendment, and you have a right to disagree in writing. If we still disagree, we may prepare a counter-statement. Your statement and our counter-statement must be made part of our record about you.
Your right to confidential communication
You have the right to receive confidential communications of PHI from the hospital at a location you provide. Your request must be in writing, provide us with the other address, and explain if the request will interfere with your method of payment.
Your right to revoke authorization
You may revoke, in writing, the authorization you granted us for use or disclosure of your PHI. However, if we have relied on your consent or authorization, we may use or disclose your PHI up to the time you revoke your consent.
Your right to inspect and copy
You have the right to inspect and copy your PHI (or an electronic copy if the PHI is in an electronic medical record) if requested in writing. We may refuse to give you access to your PHI if we think it may cause you harm, but we must explain why and provide you with someone to contact for a review of our refusal.
Your right to be notified of a breach
You have the right to be notified following a breach of unsecured PHI.
Your right to obtain a paper copy of this notice
You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this notice upon request, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically.