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I was recently asked what the difference was between Liability and Negligence.   There is a big difference and I can give examples of each from some of the things I’ve seen while doing accreditation reviews around the country.   First see how the courts … [ read more ]

Greetings from the Accreditation Office! After spending all of 2007 talking about the nuts and bolts of a good crisis plan, it became a required standard in 2008.  To date, there are still many Teen Challenge organizations that have not developed a crisis plan so … [ read more ]

Fundraising Idea: Speed-the-Light (STL) funding can be a very slow process in a number of A/G Districts for Teen Challenge.  For many programs, several years will go by before funding is available.  To help speed up the availability of funding, a few Teen Challenge organizations … [ read more ]

The 2010 edition of the Accreditation Standards are now online for downloading. There have been a few word changes shown in red italic type. The new fundraising policy is Standard 18. Because of the length of this policy, it is not in red italic. The … [ read more ]

There are times when I think I have the best job in Teen Challenge. I get to travel around our great country, meet the awesome people that God has raised up to work in this anointed ministry and see and hear all the incredible things … [ read more ]

A new residential program for men  opened in March of this year, in a brand new building. It is a six month program that includes goals for the men to complete as they transition from Teen Challenge back to society. Some of the goals are: … [ read more ]

The quickest way to get a message to me: On a number of occasions last year, several directors and other supervisory staff left voice messages for me at the office, not knowing that it would be at least a week before I would be back … [ read more ]