I don't expect much to be done, or for Shiloh to get shut down like it needs to be, but I want to inform you about the reality of Shiloh. Firstly, multiple children have been raped there due to their poor house system. Second, it's incredibly abusive. No one should send their kids there or donate. No one deserves the treatment they dish out at Shiloh.
Child labor laws don't exist there. Their idea of teaching children how to act is to shame them for "being bad" and excessive amounts of manual labor that would make even grown men cry.
If you're labeled a bad kid, if you ever dare to question a "parent", you get real strong real quick. Anything from hauling wood from sunrise to sunset regardless of weather conditions, having to use a wheelbarrow and shovel to fill potholes on the gravel roads, making you stand on your tip toes for hours to keep your nose in the circle they drew up high, being forced to stand for hours, being forced to sit on a milk crate for a few hours up to a few weeks while only feeding you peanut butter on stale bread (then they humiliate you by calling you "waffle butt"), to shoveling all types of animal poo stored up from so many animals in tiny enclosures stored up until a child is in trouble. Sometimes they make stuff up to get you in trouble and shovel poo because they don't want to have to do it. They seemed to enjoy punishing us, and had SO MANY creative and abusive ways of doing it. Instead of feeling like you finally have a family, you're on guard all the time because they pit the kids against each other to win favor of the parents.
I wasn't a bad kid. I had undiagnosed ADHD and autism. Instead of helping me, they abused a disabled kid, and I'm far from the only one.
My sister has been a houseparent at Shiloh for almost 20 years now. She has been a loving mother to over 40 kids, many of whom have gone on now to have kids of their own that she considers her grandkids. I've watched kids come into her house who were suicidal, ones who were abused, and ones who were refugees from other countries. Each one is shown the love of Christ, love most of them haven't had in their lives. They are given the limits and discipline that all kids need, and taught respect themselves and respect others.
Financially, the group are very good stewards of the investment you make in the kids. The needs of the kids are well taken care of, but the houseparents also budget for some treats as well to make sure that the kids build special memories of family life while they are there. It takes some skilled budgeting sometimes, but the smiles are well worth it.
Review from Guidestar