At the Monarch Center, we offer an affordable teen therapy program while implementing the best in wilderness therapy, philosophy, and staff training. The Monarch Center is less expensive than our competition due in part to a smaller infrastructure than other wilderness programs run by large corporations. Additionally, it is our hope that more families who are seeking intervention can have access to programs such as ours. While the Monarch Center is considerably less expensive than comparative wilderness programs (Up to $50 less per day), our dedication to you and your family is unmatched, as is our ability to help your child get back on track.
The Monarch Center's wilderness therapy program rate is $395.00 per day. We also charge a one-time $950 equipment fee (the equipment goes home with the student at the end of their stay). Included in the daily rate is treatment plan development, intensive wilderness therapy and backcountry supervision, food, and individual and family therapy sessions. A medical physical is required upon admission and is not included in the cost of the program.

Insurance at the Monarch Center
The Monarch Center does not work directly with insurance companies. We are a wilderness-based therapeutic program and not a medical facility. We use a family systems approach to working with adolescents who struggle with an array of behavioral issues including substance abuse, learning issues, attachment and trust, self-esteem, self-destructive behaviors, and poor communication. Our students do not benefit merely from a session of individual, group, or family psychotherapy, but from a complex culture in which various therapies are embedded. Accordingly, as a matter of policy, The Monarch Center bundles common costs shared by all students, and charges a daily tuition which incorporates clinical, education, administrative, and expeditionary costs.

As a courtesy to our parents we will provide, on request at the time of discharge from the Monarch Center, a formal letter which allocates tuition among: a) therapeutic program, including milieu; b) expedition and basic supervision; and c) education. That letter provides coding for a student's DSM-IV diagnoses and a breakdown by date of clinical services provided. On the strength of this description, parents may successfully negotiate partial reimbursement from their medical insurance provider. Others parents may use it to document claims for tax deductions. We turn down all other requests for medical "reports" or further "documentation" of services for insurance companies.

  PAYMENT OPTIONS & ASSISTANCE: There are several payment options for covering the costs of a course at The Monarch Center:

• Cash and checks
• We accept
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  The Monarch Center also works with Clark Custom Educational Loans.
  Feel free to call them at 888.755.3079 or visit their website at www.CustomEdLoans.com.
• Some insurance companies will pay for inpatient treatment programs, although there are not very many that will. We will provide license information, treatment outlines, and correspondance to facilitate your getting reimbursed if your particular company allows for such.
• We work with several local and national banks to provide quick financing at reasonable rates.

Please feel free to contact the following institution for information regarding financial aid or home equity loans.

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