A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Hello, and Welcome to Nexus.

The exact route that each child and family takes to residential treatment is unique; however, there are certain road signs that generally mark the journey. Your child may have exhibited emotional or have continuing issues with substance abuse, harmful sexual behaviors, impulse-control behaviors related to developmental disability, or developmental delay related to fetal alcohol syndrome, autism, or attention deficit disorder.

Whatever the issue, rest assured that Nexus helps children and adolescents eliminate the problems that have become barriers to healthy emotions and behavior. We believe in our mission: “Changing Lives Through Our Cornerstone Values.” At Nexus, every program incorporates our cornerstone values of honesty, responsibility, courage, care and concern to encourage healthy, lasting change.

We also encourage youth through our strong guiding principles. We operate from a sense of optimism for the future, and we strive to exemplify the highest ethical and moral standards in our treatment. We collaborate to develop and support healthy teams and partnerships, and we take a creative, adaptive, proactive approach to our care. As community members, we listen to our customers, strive to exceed expectations, and commit to appreciating, developing, and promoting the wise use of resources.

Nexus, a nonprofit organization, has been a leader in youth residential treatment services for nearly 40 years. Today, our treatment locations provide unique, homelike settings, fully licensed programming, on-site, year-round schools, and vocational skills training (Illinois sites).

Our current locations include Mille Lacs Academy in Onamia, MN; Gerard Academy in Austin, MN; Onarga Academy in Onarga, IL; and Indian Oaks Academy in Manteno, IL. We also operate inpatient psychiatric units in cooperation with an Illinois hospital, and we provide foster care, adoption, and in-home counseling services through Family Focus in Minnesota. We are known as a national leader in treatment services for youth who have exhibited harmful sexual behaviors, behavioral or emotional disorders, developmental disability with harmful sexual behaviors or behavioral disorders, or who require intensive inpatient psychiatric care.

We have been changing lives and creating brighter futures for children and families for nearly four decades.

If your child is struggling, we can help.