Located in the lush, rolling Ponca Hills outside of Omaha, Nebraska, Ponca Pines Academy features an innovative therapeutic approach for young women who need to address the past in order to envision a better future.
Serving Young Women to Age 19
Ponca Pines Academy is designed specifically for young women ages 17-19. Providing individually enhanced academic and therapeutic interventions, we help our residents prepare for a successful transition into adulthood. With an age of majority of 19 years, the State of Nebraska allows Ponca Pines Academy the unique opportunity to assist young women until their 19th birthday, in our safe residential setting.
Who We Serve
Ponca Pines Academy features a healing environment for young women who are addressing issues such as:
Adoption
Attachment
Trauma
Substance abuse
Grief and loss
Family conflict and relationship
issues
Poor academic performance
Therapy, Treatment, Academics
Individual, Group and Family Therapy
Substance Abuse and Psycho-educational Groups
Experiential and Recreational Therapy
Treatment approach that embraces the Sanctuary Model®—designed to provide a safe, positive environment where young women can begin to explore the past and create their own healthy, unique path to the future
College preparatory curriculum
Newly renovated, 12-bed cottage located on a 12-acre, self-contained campus with residence, school, gymnasium and wellness center
For more information or admissions, please call 402-457-1400.
Ponca Pines Academy is a program of Uta Halee Girls Village, a nonprofit organization established in 1950 to serve at-risk young women and their families.
Accredited in 1976 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
Licensed by the State of Nebraska as a Child Caring Agency and Mental Health Center
