Seale, AL
Columbus Girls Academy
Gender
Girls
Location
Seale, AL
Age
12–17
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Girls Academy
Gender
Girls
Location
Kansas City, MO
Age
12-17
Bonifay, FL
Gateway Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Bonifay, FL
Age
12-17
Nebo, KY
Heartland Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Nebo, KY
Age
12–17
Meansville, GA
Prayer Mountain Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Meansville, GA
Age
12-17
Vero Beach, FL
Treasure Coast Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Vero Beach, FL
Age
12-17
Boys Schools
We offer a chance for boys to start over, become a new person, live a godly life, and find freedom through a restored purpose and an eternal hope. We do this through classes, academics, individual study, personal mentoring, work ethics training, and involvement in the Christian community.
Effective, Affordable Help for Troubled Adolescents
Girls Schools
For girls, Teen Challenge is a holistic therapeutic program – meaning that we are concerned with the body, mind, and spirit of those who come to us for help. We endeavor to help teens become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.
Teen Challenge Southeast
For nearly 60 years, this Christian boarding school program in the Southeastern United States has helped hundreds of boys and girls get back on the right track in life, and learn that they have a higher purpose and calling on this Earth. Teen Challenge surrounds its students all day long with an environment designed to help facilitate life change through our team’s witness and guidance.
Our help is offered for teens who need counsel both individually and in group meetings and through unique, effective programs like Wilderness and Equine Therapy. Students in the Teen Challenge boarding schools are challenged daily in their relationships and respect for others as they interact with school and program staff and their peers. It is an environment that balances discipline with personal responsibility to create a positive peer culture.
Teen Challenge’s goal is to help students make positive decisions, not based on mandatory compliance but rather as the result of a genuine change of heart. Community service, special projects, outings, and mission trips also help our students change their focus from themselves, to serving others.
What Leaders Say About Our Program
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Former Attorney General
John Ashcroft
“I have been a long time support of the work Teen Challenge has accomplished and the help they have provided over the years.”
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Former President
Ronald Reagan
“Teen Challenge is effective; it is literally changing the lives of young Americans from every walk of life. The work and dedication of Teen Challenge deserves the commendation of every citizen.”
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Founder Focus on the Family
Dr. James C. Dobson
“Organizations like Teen Challenge…have a far better record of dealing with social issues and people in difficulty than do the bureaucrats.”
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CEO Chick-fil-A
Dan T. Cathy
“I truly admire Teen Challenge because of its loving, life-giving ministry to individuals who are bound by life controlling addictions.”
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President George
W. Bush
“Teen Challenge is one of the most successful programs in our country.”
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Bestselling Leadership Author
John C. Maxwell
“Teen Challenge offers hope and restoration to individuals by exchanging their distorted views on life with God’s perspectives.”
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Past Director AT&T
Jim Blanchard
“I have not seen a more effective ministry in leading hurting people to a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ.”
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Psychologist and Author
Dr. Kevin Leman
“I wholeheartedly support the efforts of Teen Challenge…they really make a difference in lives and each of us can be proud that they are part of our community.”
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Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
John P. Walters
“Teen Challenge is doing the job that others only talk about. Teen Challenge is a reputable institution that needs to be highlighted.”
Should you need help finding schools for troubled teens, ranches for troubled boys, military academies, boarding schools, or behavioral boarding schools, or addiction treatment for teens, please let us know. Teen Challenge adolescent programs are boarding schools for teens who are misbehaving and need a safe place and strong education to help them prepare for their future. Such Christian schools for troubled teens include Teen Challenge boarding schools in Texas, Teen Challenge schools for troubled teens in Florida, Teen Challenge schools for boys in Georgia, Teen Challenge schools for girls in Alabama, and Teen Challenge schools for girls in Missouri. Teen Challenge is much less costly than therapeutic boarding schools for troubled teens. Teen Challenge programs and schools are nonprofit and their standards are set by Teen Challenge USA and Teen Challenge International.