Every Child’s Hope, a North St. Louis, Missouri-based child services organization, recently broke ground to celebrate the official start of construction on its William N. Dill Youth Development Center – the organization’s new hub for healing families and transforming communities.
KAI Design served as the architect on the project and KAI Build is providing general contracting services. The new ECH Youth Development Center will be far more than just a building. Its 18,000-square-foot design integrates a new model of care where families can receive the treatment and services they need in a single location. ECH’s present 70-year-old residential facilities have become inefficient, outdated and insufficient in meeting the needs of youth and families and the programs that ECH provides.
The new facility, to be built on ECH’s St. Louis campus, will accommodate short-term residential treatment for 30 youth, while creating a new access point on ECH’s campus for hundreds of youth and families. The design includes 30 private bedrooms, family visiting rooms and a safe and secure outdoor courtyard.
Based on best practices and building design research, the facility’s design also focuses on reducing stress and anxiety, improving treatment outcomes and creating a therapeutic environment for those getting and giving care.
The facility is expected to be completed in 2022.
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