Gateway Residential Girls – Grand Junction

Gateway Residential Girls – Grand Junction basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 970-245-0008

This facility is for juvenile residents.

Gateway Residential Services (GRS) operates two RCCF (Residential Child Care Facility) programs that provide mental health treatment to male and female youth. The program in Delta serves males and the program in Grand Junction serves females. GRS programs specialize in working with youth who have complex clinical issues. Gateway Residential Programs – Delta and Grand Junction are licensed by the Colorado Department of Human Services for male & female youth, respectively, ages 12-21.

Gateway Residential Programs embraces the belief that in order to promote change, a relationship-driven program that effectively addresses the components of safety, emotional management, loss and future planning is imperative to the successful transition of the client.

The Clinical Department provides individual, group, and family therapy services designed and tailored around the individual needs of the client. We approach treatment in gender-specific and strength-based programming, trauma-based care, offense-specific treatment, and experiential therapies. Each client’s treatment is designed to identify and address risk factors of abusive behavior and protective strengths on which to build upon.

Drug and Alcohol classes are offered out-patient through a community provider in Grand Junction for female clients and in-patient through a CAC III clinician in Delta for male clients.

• Aggressive behaviors are addressed by utilizing the Aggression Replacement Training Curriculum.
• Criminal Thinking is addressed by utilizing the Thinking for a Change group Curriculum.
• Gender-Specific Programming is designed to identify differences, learn healthy living skills and promote positive female development.
• Offense-Specific Programming is conducted in compliance with all Colorado Sex Offender Management guidelines and modalities.
• Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports used at facilities and schools.

Academic Services

The Education Program provides each student a challenging, academically sound educational experience to remediate, maintain and/or improve academic and social functioning. The education program utilizes a research-based curriculum approved by the Facility Schools Board. Our Certified, licensed teachers provide instruction for students requiring a more structured classroom setting that address the behavioral issues, academic needs, and individualized circumstances that interfere with learning in a traditional classroom. Students have the opportunity to earn credit towards their high school diploma through classroom work and credit recovery programming.

The education program provides an on-site school approved and licensed by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Students may graduate through our program with a CDE diploma from Facility Schools, or through their home school district, or by achieving their GED. Our post-secondary students have the opportunity to attend on/off-site college classes.

Experiential and Recreational Services

Experiential and recreational services are provided daily to clients using a wide variety of modalities.

• Recreational activities, e.g., CrossFit
• Spiritual activities
• Experiential activities
• Daily living skills
• Restorative Justice Projects

Our education program works closely with the local school district in order to provide opportunities for students to attend public school as appropriate.

visitation Info

Visitation for state juvenile facilities is limited to immediate family only. Mother, father, sisters, and brothers are acceptable. The visitation rules are very strict, we suggest reaching out to the staff to get their specific limitations.