Buckhorn Children and Family Services

Dessie Scott Childrens Home

4906 Old Highway 15

Pine Ridge, KY 41360

Main Tel: 606-668-6445

Intake Tel 1: 606-487-1023

Website: http://www.buckhorn.org/

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Children/adolescents
Ancillary Services
  • Education services
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Tobacco cessation counselling
  • Therapeutic foster care
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Crisis intervention team
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • State corrections or juvenile justice funds
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Residential
  • Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking Not allowed
Treatment Approaches
  • Activity therapy
  • Behavior modification
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Couple/family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated dual disorders treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Trauma therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment