From accreditation standards, to best practices; how to avoid future mistakes, and how to recover from past ones.
Primary Author: Doug Lance
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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