House of Hope of NC, Inc

Description

House of Hope opened in March of 1998 as a Christian therapeutic school, home, and counseling center for hurting and troubled teenage girls, ages 12-17. We have an intensive program offering Christian education and counseling for girls and their families regardless of their financial situation. Our nonprofit ministry is unique because we require parents to participate in weekly counseling and weekly parenting skill workshops. Inpatient services require the girl to live at our home, attend school at Academy of Hope, our on-grounds school using ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) programming and attend weekly counseling sessions for 12-18 months. Girls in our outpatient program live at home while receiving counseling and life skills training. Parents attend a separate weekly counseling session and our weekly Family Life Training meeting. Siblings are offered free counseling on an "as-needed" basis. Since 1998, we have served approx. 40 families (over 100 people including girls, parents, step-parents and siblings) within a 3-4 hour radius of Clayton. These families may be dealing with issues such as divorce, anger, rebellion, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, sexual, physical or emotional abuse. We currently have a full program with 7 families in the residential program, 3 families receiving outpatient services and a growing waiting list. Our goal is to help heal each family member and bring reconciliation to the family as a whole by sharing the love of Jesus Christ.