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<p><strong>ABOUT GRACE HOUSE TEEN CHALLENGE - EVANSVILLE</strong></p> <p>Teen Challenge is an international network of faith-based rehabilitation programs founded by the Reverend David Wilkerson in New York in 1958. The various facilities run <strong>long-term, residential Christian discipleship programs</strong> for individuals struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol and other life-controlling problems. Grace House in Evansville accepts <strong>women aged 18+,</strong> including women who are on parole and on probation as well as registered sex offenders. Elsewhere in Indiana, Teen Challenge runs a <a href="https://www.rehabs.com/listings/central-indiana-teen-challenge-1944845022/" target="_blank">central Indiana branch</a>.</p> <p>At the time of this writing, <strong>Grace House is closed</strong> and raising funds to reopen at an unspecified future date.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The program lasts 12 to 18 months.</p> <p>Residents at Teen Challenge are referred to as students, reflecting the program's discipleship model. Students participate in <strong>Bible study, chapel services, and Christian growth classes,</strong> as well as attending church and receiving Christian mentoring. The overall ethos of Teen Challenge programs is that individuals may heal from their life-controlling problems by developing a personal relationship with Jesus; the programs do not offer clinical or medical services.</p> <p>Aside from faith, the program's other major component is <strong>work therapy.</strong> Students work in a variety of work placements and activities in a program designed to instill a healthy work ethic, responsibility, and a sense of pride. Grace House does not at present specify what its work therapy programs are.</p> <p>Finally, Teen Challenge aims to heal its students through mentoring and a supportive Christian community.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The director of Grace House is a reverend with a personal history of addiction, prostitution, and abuse. The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the center one out of five stars for its staff's level of training and experience.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its living arrangements and related offerings, however, the single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date gave Grace House three stars for its cleanliness, accommodations, and meals, and four stars for its exercise/leisure offerings.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has not yet received any reviews directly from alumni of this facility, and <strong>secondary sites yielded almost exclusively positive coverage at the time of this writing:</strong> a 4.7-star average rating based on 28 reviews on Facebook (where the facility can manage its own page), and two five-star ratings on Google.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> Only a handful of these reviews contained any accompanying commentary, but the comments available <strong>repeatedly described treatment as life-changing;</strong> two of the comments also stressed that <strong>the program was difficult and strict,</strong> but ultimately worthwhile. "I really didn't like grace house bc I hated rules & being told what I couldn't do. But in the end I loved grace house and still do and always will, bc I will never again b who I used to be," M.M. wrote in a representative review on Facebook.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The single loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date would not recommend Grace House. "My family member never spoke with an actual counselor there in 9 months!!!... My family member was just thrown into the Bible and other christian non-fiction to work out her problems on her own," the reviewer wrote anonymously, giving the facility just one out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness, counseling options, and ability to treat co-occurring disorders. The center's holistic programming and family participation received two stars.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Many Teen Challenge programs are provided free of charge, while others charge up to a few thousand dollars a month. Fees are often offset by the money raised by residents through work therapy activities, but Teen Challenge does not accept insurance. At the time of this writing, Grace House does not confirm the cost of its program, however, the single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility four out of five stars for its affordability.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/GHTeenChallenge/reviews/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/GHTeenChallenge/reviews/?ref=page_internal</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/hUrRfb" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/hUrRfb</a></small></p>
— Ellie Robins · 2017-11-08 14:36:51 PST
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