Since 1986, the members of Lilium have worked in the area of receiving minors who are at risk of delinquent behaviour and / or drug dependency, planning and implementing education programs, with the aim of redressing the socio-cultural disadvantage, and therapeutic programs, with the aim of rehabilitation to a socio-psychological norm. Clients come from all over Italy and from foreign countries, and are placed in the care of our institution, usually by the Juvenile Courts of the various regions in Italy, the local Social Services, and / or the Neuropsychiatry Service of the area (ASL) and / or the Minister of Justice.

Furthermore, since 1993, work has been undertaken with adult drug addicts and, subsequently, with clients with multiple problems.

In 1990 the members of Lilium planned and implemented the "Koinè" community, which was formed as a socio-educational community, and evolved over time to be a rehabilitative/therapeutic community, both from the point of view of the professional figures who are used, and from the point of view of the clients. The Koinè community, with respect to the problems of the clients, is an institution for socio-educational projects as well as rehabilitative/therapeutic programs. It is now aimed at welcoming male minors, who are at risk of delinquency as a result of family, psychological, material and socio-cultural difficulties; those with psychiatric problems; those facing criminal trials.

In 1998, the members of Lilium planned and implemented the rehabilitative/therapeutic community "Nostos", which aims at welcoming minors of both genders, affected by psychological disorders of different kinds (psychotic disturbances, personality disorders, mental development problems, growth problems etc) and who, for various reasons, cannot obtain sufficient help from family or, for whom, there is a temporary separation from their nuclear family.

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