This organization does more damage to children than provide any benefit to them. I was sent here at age 15 but it is my understanding this facility charged $600 a month since I wasn’t there under court order. The troubled teen industry was growing, marketing and advertising to parents and at the time the good employees who cared were becoming disgusted by the industry and leaving their jobs here. I was dehumanized by the invasion of privacy and I was reporting abuse to the counselors who did nothing. Other children were reporting sexual assaults and rapes and nothing was being done about it. This is also a religious organization and my own religious beliefs were not being respected but the baptist faith was being pushed on me. The counselors told me they didn’t know if my family wanted me anymore or if I would be given up to the state. On top of losing trust and faith in my family, the counselors would manipulate you to trust them saying if you confided in them it would be kept private and then s*** would hit the fan and you’d find out they lied to you. The trauma this organization has caused me has lasted all my life and I have developed post traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. This organization needs to do a lot more work getting kids into a relative’s care or with a foster family instead of a place like this. Also it was very isolating, I wasn’t allowed to talk to my friends on the phone. Home visits were so important to us because of the isolation that I had a seizure here and didn’t get medical attention because I was scared I would lose my home visits.
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- (540) 389-5468
- PO Box 849 Salem VA 24153 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services
Mission: The mission of the virginia baptist children's home and family services is to provide christian residential, educational, and support services to at-risk children and youth, and to adults with intellecutal disabilities.
Target demographics: at-risk children, and adults with intellectual disabilities
Geographic areas served: Virginia
Programs: residential living facilities, group homes, treatment foster care programs, and a fully-accredited school.