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From accreditation standards, to best practices; how to avoid future mistakes, and how to recover from past ones.

Primary Author: Doug Lance

Offering Hope and Help for Rural America!

Written by Skip Arp on Mar 29, 2010
Offering Hope and Help for Rural America!

How many calls are received through your office weekly from a well intentioned individual or Pastor, pleading for you to help them start a Teen Challenge in their community? Here in our Great Lakes Region, we have rural communities that struggle with addictions at a level equal … [ read more ]

Standard 79 The Crisis Plan

Written by Doug Lance on Mar 22, 2010

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 ]

2010 Accreditation Standards Online

Written by Doug Lance on Jan 21, 2010

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 ]

Three More Reasons to Give Glory

Written by Doug Lance on Jun 01, 2009

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 ]

New Challenges

Written by George Thomas on Jun 01, 2009

In the last 2 years, I have served as Business Administrator for TCUSA and have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges and opportunities inherent with the position. I worked within a true leadership team, where every member was empowered to function and lead according to their God-given … [ read more ]

A Couple of Observations from 2008 for 2009

Written by Doug Lance on Feb 01, 2009

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 ]