We envision a society in which all youth can be successful. As an organization, we are especially committed to making success a reality for high-risk youth. We strive to provide empirically based innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services. We endeavor to positively impact high-risk young people and the professionals who work with them by focusing on program development, professional training, and child advocacy.

We also believe that high-risk children and adolescents are best served when organizations pool their resources and focus their strengths. For this reason, we are pledged to collaborate with like-minded people in the communities in which we serve. By joining together, we are better able to broaden the quantity and quality of services provided, and increase the probability for both individual and group success.

The Menta Group® is a not-for-profit organization made up of Special Education Services and The Center for Family Services. With operations in Chicago and suburbs, Arizona, and Washington State, The Menta Group provides educational services for 950 special education and 300 regular education students. Through our group homes and in-home intervention services, the organization touches the lives of approximately 300 families annually.

The Menta Group's Special Education Services (SES)® provides for the educational needs of both regular and special education students, ages 5 through 21. With its no refusal, no suspension, no expulsion policy, SES students attend school daily regardless of their behavior. A continuum of services is offered to meet the educational needs of regular education, at-risk, and high-risk students.

The Menta Group's Center for Family Services (CFS)® offers a broad variety of mental health services to young people and their families. Programming is designed to improve the emotional well-being and behavioral functioning of the clients served.