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ABOUT US
Located halfway between Richmond and Charlottesville on the James
river in Goochland County, Elk Hill was founded by the late Buford
Scott and the late James M. Ball, Jr. on a 350 acre estate donated
by Mr. Scott. The campus
has an educational and recreational facility, a vocational center,
five cottages and a historic structure housing the administrative
offices. Incorporated in 1970 as a private, non-profit, non-sectarian
childcare facility, Elk Hill is governed by a 40 member board
of trustees from across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
OUR PROGRAMS
Elk Hill serves youth through residential,
day school, and group
home programs; all three are designed to hold the youth accountable
for their behaviors, promote emotional and physical wellness, and
give them the tools they need to become positive, productive citizens.
For a more detailed description of the programs mentioned above,
simply point and click on their highlighted links.

Our Mission/Values
Elk Hill provides healthy environments where young people, ages 11-18,
can feel safe to make positive changes. Through specialized education
and treatment programs they are able to discover the academic, vocational,
behavioral, and life skills necessary to re-direct their troubled
lives.
We believe in child centered,
family focused programming.
We believe in a strengths based philosophy in empowering
the children in our care.
We believe in providing Quality specialized treatment and
educational services and are committed to continuous improvement of those services.
We value innovation and creative programming that builds upon the strengths and needs of
the children we serve.
We value physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual
development as vital to the well being of our children.
We value the dignity of
all people and believe that diversity in all of our programs and activities is essential
to our continued success.
We value ethical behavior: respect, fairness, honesty,
caring, integrity and responsibility.
We value teamwork and collaboration to
enhance the scope and quality of our programs.
We value our staff and encourage
them to develop professionally and personally to their fullest extent.
We value
the foundation that our board of trustees provides for our children, our staff, and our
organization.
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