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"Information about the Lighthouse Children's Home Program"

The Lighthouse Children's Home has been operating for thirty years and is a full time Christian residential facility for teenage girls. The minimum required stay of our program is twelve (12) to sixteen (16) months. The girls stay on property and are supervised twenty-four hours a day. Girls only receive one home pass (Christmas) during their stay here. We do have several on-campus visits throughout the year and the girls receive a monthly phone call from home.

Since this is a self-help program, for any girl to be accepted into our program we must have 100% cooperation of the parents and the girl must be willing to come. In other words, we cannot force a girl to receive help who does not want to be helped. We cannot help a girl without the parents' support.

There are four main elements to the Lighthouse Children's Home Program:

Spiritual - As a Christian home this is our primary emphasis. The Lord alone is the great changer of hearts, lives, and attitudes. The girls attend church a minimum of three times a week as well as chapel services in the school. The girls start and end each day with a time of Bible reading and prayer and they are required to memorize a number of Scriptures every month. All of the counseling for the girls is done from a pastoral and spiritual perspective.
Scholastic – The girls attend school on campus. Our school uses the A.C.E. (Accelerated Christian Education) program. Our school is also accredited by the National Association for Christian Education, and has been given Model Status by A.C.E. Many of our girls have graduated from the Lighthouse and gone on to college.
Sports – We offer basketball and sometimes volleyball. We also have an in-ground heated swimming pool for the girls.
Singing – The girls travel and sing frequently throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Through the years the Lighthouse has completed several Gospel music recordings. There are currently nine (9) recordings available on CD and tape. A new Gospel music recording is usually completed each year.

We have a basic operating philosophy of Responsibility, Accountability, and Enjoyability.

Responsibility - All girls are required to go to school, do daily chores, read and memorize Scriptures, and respect and obey authority.

Accountability - Disobedience to rules and bad attitudes result in the loss of privileges. Everything the Lighthouse offers to girls is regarded as a privilege that can be earned and lost.

Enjoyability – Visits to fast-food restaurants, malls, amusement parks, etc…. (all supervised) are just some of the typical things that can be enjoyed if a girl is responding well to our program.

For more specific information about our program please contact the Executive Director at (850) 877-3778.