Services & Areas

Family Service Areas

Service Areas Map Special Ministries: Cameron Boys Camp, Developmental Disabilities Ministry, Weekday EducationPembroke Area: Odum HomeKinston Area: Kenney HomeThomasville Area: Mills HomeWestern Area: Broyhill Home, Haywood Mountain Home, Drake CottageLenoir Area: Noel Home, Care House

Services

Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina is committed to providing the highest quality care to the children and families we serve. We are one of the premier child care institutions in the state, living out our mission of "helping hurting children... healing broken families."

A variety of placement and prevention services are available to meet the needs of the individual child and/or family.

Residential Services

Residential Services are provided at the four campuses of Baptist Children's Homes, in community-based group homes, and at a wilderness camp for boys. A variety of placement and prevention services are available to meet the needs of the individual child and/or family.

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Emergency Care

Emergency Care is provided for children during a family crisis. Safe, immediate care is given to the child while the family is helped to de-escalate the crisis and to develop an immediate plan. The maximum length of stay is 60 days.

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Transitional Living

Transitional living is a residential program to aid older children as they prepare for life as independent adults. The specialized program provides care, counseling, and life-skills education to older children in a less restricted residential setting. Transitional living is available to children ages 16 to 21. Children live in a transitional living group home with an on-site resident manager who provides support and supervision. Residents work with a case manager to establish and achieve a variety of goals including establishing stable employment, pursuing educational opportunities, learning financial management, and strengthening their abilities to make appropriate choices.

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Family Care

Family Care offers supportive group homes for single mothers and their children. The transitional program provides a goal-focused living environment within a cottage setting. Family Care is specifically structured to help mothers transition to a successful, independent living situation. This service will connect a mother and her family with the necessary resources and other community services needed to regain control of her life. Mothers learn the skills needed to obtain and maintain a stable home, job and income. Baptist Children’s Homes' counselor and live-in residential manager assist the mother in setting and achieving family goals, developing parenting and job skills, budgeting, and resolving transportation needs.

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Foster Care

Foster Care is a service providing substitute residential care for a child over a planned period when his/her family or legal custodian cannot provide care. A family foster home is a facility licensed for care and a place of residence for a family who receives as many as one, but no more than five children, for 24-hour care. For more information about foster care, or if you are interested in becoming a foster family through Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina, visit www.bchfostercare.org

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Clarification/Value Change

Clarification/Value Change are components of all BCH primary residential care. Clarification service helps families to understand and define their immediate relationships. Value change occurs as family relationships are clarified, and children and their families learn problem-solving skills.

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Continuing Care

Continuing Care is provided to a child after it is determined the child's needs are best met through long-term residential care. The service is offered on BCH's four residential campuses.

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After Care

After Care is provided to child and custodian following residential care. The purpose is to help the family make a successful transition from residential care back to living together as a family or to the appropriate permanent plan.

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Teen Mother/Baby Parent Education Program

Teen Mother/Baby Parent Education Program is provided for teenage mothers and their babies. The group home gives five mothers the opportunity to learn parenting and adult living skills as well as completing their education.

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Wilderness Camping

Wilderness Camping is provided for boys and girls in a highly structured, outdoor environment. Boys are served at Cameron Boys Camp in Cameron and Camp Duncan in Aberdeen helps girls. The residential program gives children and their families an opportunity to work out problems through an alternative education program. Through an intense group process, campers learn the importance of facing and solving problems.

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Developmental Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities Ministry provides developmentally disabled adults the opportunity to reach the highest level of independence. Residents achieve goals, realize dreams, and enhance their roles in the community in a group home setting.

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Weekday Education

Baptist Children's Homes offers a five-star Weekday Education program on the Mills Home campus in Thomasville. The program provides developmentally appropriate programs for children ages six weeks old through the fifth grade in three licensed childcare centers. The Weekday Education program offers full day childcare, part time preschool, before/after school care and NC Pre-Kindergarten classes.

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