Placement

Elmore Academy is licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections to provide residential treatment to male and female youth. Youth can be ordered to Elmore Academy through a delinquency court order, CHIPS petition, voluntary placement, or in special circumstances parents can set up a private pay placement overseen by a Human Services worker from their county.

Elmore Does Not Accept:

  • Youth with a history of fire setting.
  • Youth with a Full Scale IQ of less than 70.
  • Sex offenders
  • Actively suicidal youth
  • Youth taking multiple medications, or who have just started a new medication/dosage, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
  • Pregnant females will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Youth Services International