How We Are Building A Brighter Tomorrow

 

At Georgia Baptist Children's Home, we're in the "building business." Instead of building structures, we are rebuilding lives. So many of the children in our care come to us worn down and hopeless. They come to us from unimaginable circumstances - abuse, abandonment, neglect, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancy, exploitation and difficult family situations. They often come from places of terrible darkness. Many don't think there is a way out or that anyone cares enough to help them. What a joy it is to tell these children their future is not based on their past, but rather on the redeeming love of an awesome God!

 

Through our programs of residential care, specialty ministries and counseling centers we are able to help children build a brighter tomorrow. Each year we give hundreds of children the tools they need -faith, love, structure, hope - to begin building a brighter tomorrow on the foundation of Jesus Christ.

For 140 years, Georgia Baptist Children’s Home has been the loving hand that reaches out to these hurting children. Our programs have changed over the years to serve the needs of children in our care, but our mission has not. We continue to be a Christian ministry of services designed to promote the spiritual, physical and emotional well-being of children, you and families.We have a wide variety of services used to meet the needs of many different children. Our goal is to provide every child in our care a loving home through these ministries:

Campus Residential Programs: These ministries provide residential care for troubled children, youth, and families.  Christ-centered programs on three campuses, located in Baxley, Meansville, and Palmetto, work together to meet the basic physical needs of our children, as well as assist them in personal development and spiritual growth.

Group Home Residential Care:  Available in communities across the state, these group homes have the capacity to serve five to eight children. We have group homes located in Brooks, Carrollton and Newnan.

Maternity Care:  Our maternity program includes a facility on the Palmetto campus providing a safe place for pregnant young women and guidance for unwed mothers and their child.

Specialty Residential Care: This program evaluates the physical, mental, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of a child and serves children with higher emotional needs, including children who have been victimized, on a long-term basis.

The Nelson Price Treatment Center: Teenagers today struggle with the temptation of readily available drugs and alcohol. The Nelson Price Treatment Center is helping to meet that need through a twelve-step Christian program designed for teens and their families through residential treatment.

Good Shepherd Therapeutic Center: Located in Warm Springs, Georgia, this unique farm based residential program for boys provides both short and long-term care and offers an outpatient therapeutic riding program.