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      <Desc>RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES: LOUISIANA METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME IN RUSTON (84 BEDS), METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (24 BEDS), AND METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS (20 BEDS) ARE LICENSED BY LOUISIANA'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS (DHH) AS PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES (PRTF). STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA (THE BOOT STRAP, HEEL AND TOE OF LOUISIANA'S BOOT SHAPED GEOGRAPHY), THESE FACILITIES PROVIDE THE MOST INTENSIVE, COMPRESENSIVE AND HOLISTIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN LOUISIANA.LUMCFS PROVIDED 42,954 DAYS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE TO 283 INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN DURING 2013. DURING 2013 OUR SULPHUR AND RUSTON CAMPUSES OPERATED UNDER PRTF LICENSURE FOR THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR AND THE MANDEVILLE FACILITY RECEIVED A PRTF LICENSE FOR 20 BEDS IN OCTOBER. WITH THAT LICENSE, OUR ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM COMPLETED THE TRANSITION FROM LICENSURE BY LOUISIANA'S DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO DHH LICENSURE AND ALL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CARE FOR RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.</Desc>
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