Admissions

The Oblong Children’s Christian Home is now accepting
applications for boys and girls.

Procedure for Admission Consideration

Admissions begins with a phone call. Please contact us if you wish to apply, and we will send you a link to an admissions application. The number is 618-592-3633.

To Be Considered for Placement:

1. Application. Please fill out the application as completely as possible. The more information you give us, the better we can accurately determine if the placement will meet the child’s needs.  

2. Counseling records. If your child has been in counseling, we will also need those records signed over to us. If the child is on probation, records are also required.

3. Special education.  If the child is receiving any special education services, an individual education plan (IEP) is required.

Probationary Placement

1. After the caseworker makes the screening decisions, a seven-day probationary placement is scheduled.

2. The visit begins with the houseparent, caseworker, administrator, parent(s), and young person meeting together. All parental figures MUST attend. You must schedule an exception to this rule in advance. If the court is placing the child, then the probation officer must attend as well.

3. The caseworker will ask questions to gather background information to help set goals.

4. The interview generally lasts two hours. After the interview, the child stays in the home for a probationary period of seven days. The child should come prepared to stay.

5. No later than the seventh day of the probationary placement, parents, counselors, houseparents, and our child care administrator will make a final decision about the stay of the child. Having spent extended time with the child and having prayed for direction and wisdom, the team will conference together to determine whether continuation is best for the child, the child’s family, and the good of the Home’s ministry to all who have been placed in the house. We wish for parents to be using the time to pray and seek direction as well.

Documents required at time of probationary placement:
  • Certified birth certificate (not a photocopy or hospital record)
  • Dental exam within last six months
  • Medical exam within 30 days
  • Copy of insurance identification card (if insured)
  • Social Security Card
  • If divorced: a decree indicating parent has legal custody
  • Out of state: Interstate Compact Agreement must be completed
  • Copy of school record
    • Junior/senior high – transcript and record of classes
    • Elementary – copy of last report card