Onarga Academy in Onarga, IL, offers boys a homelike environment where they can safely address their behavioral and emotional problems. Programming is built around a rich treatment culture that uses symbolism to connect with troubled adolescents and encourages lifelong learning. Progress is tracked through stages and may continue after treatment in a follow-up care program.

We integrate values, beliefs, norms, and ideals in all our programs, and we offer nondenominational services, chaplain visits, and religious service celebrations as requested by parents or residents.

Onarga Academy is situated on a beautiful, historic campus, where students live, eat, exercise, and go to school. They build relationships with counselors, teachers, and other students, and they attend individual, group, and family therapy to face their unique challenges.

THE CAMPUS

• A historic campus, located about 90 miles south of Chicago in the quaint community of Onarga, IL.
• A 79-bed residential unit, divided into smaller programs
• A 9-bed group home
• An 8-bed transitional living home
• A licensed, on-site, year-round, private school

LICENSING/ACCREDITATION

• Accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services (COA)
• Medicaid Certified
• Licensed as a Child Care Institution by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
• The Staff are certified as Addiction Counselors through the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association
• The Chemical Health program is licensed for Level I and Level II care through the Illinois Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and is Medicaid certified for Level I care
• Grand Prairie School is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA-CASI)

PROGRAMMING

• Individualized programming in which adolescent males can safely address harmful sexual behaviors and focus on
  • Sexuality
  • Family Relationships
  • Chemical Health
  • Patterns of Abusive Behavior
  • Empathy
  • Cognitive Distortions
  • Reactive Attachment Disorder
  • Trauma-Based Mental Health Issues
• Group Home program for reintegrating harmoniously into the community
• Transitional Living program for navigating independent living
• Educational and vocational programs that prepare youth for success after treatment
• Autism day school program for students in grades 1-8 who have higher functioning on the Autism Spectrum, or who have a diagnosed learning-specific communication disorder, sensory integration disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder/not otherwise specified.
• Programming that focuses on continuum of care
• 12-18 month treatment programs

FOLLOW-UP CARE

• Our highly skilled aftercare team assists the treatment team in providing comprehensive transition planning, aftercare, and follow-up services for all youth in placement

CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION

Onarga Academy

P.O. Box 107

110 North Locust Street

Onarga, IL 60955

Phone: 815-268-4001

Fax: 815-268-7977

Dennis Wiley, Executive Director
815-268-4001
dwiley@nexus-ona.org

ADMISSIONS

• Jeff Hansen, Corporate Admissions Manager
  Phone: 612-619-2319
  Fax: 763-553-1637
• Donna Ryan, Onarga Admissions/Community Relations Supervisor
  Phone: 815-268-4001, ext. 2506
  Fax: 815-268-7977