Connections

Rev. Snow Peabody, Teen Challenge USA’s National Representative to Washington D.C., met with White House Faith-based Director Joshua DuBois in the Executive Offices of the White House on September 14th. Immediately after welcoming Rev. Peabody to his office, Director DuBois offered his condolences to Teen … [ read more ]

Teen Challenge USA is a finalist in The National Religious Broadcasters’ 2012 Media Awards. Teen Challenge USA joins Focus on the Family, Hope for the Heart and Life Issues Institute as the four finalists in the Radio Impact Awards category. In all, the NRB has … [ read more ]

The Reverend Carl D. Smith, ordained as a minister in 2002 with the Evangelical Church Alliance, struggled through years of addiction, incarceration and homelessness as a young man.  A California boy who enlisted in the Navy in his teens, Carl became addicted to heroin while … [ read more ]

By Tim Culbreth, Director of Teen Challenge of Arkansas in Hot Springs Village, AR April 25th Teen Challenge of Arkansas in Hot Springs Village was badly damaged by tornados that moved through the area. Today, the daily routine of the students and functions are back … [ read more ]

By Jim Lowans, Director of Teen Challenge of the Four States in Neosho, MO The western skies looked as dark as I had ever seen, our weather radio was blaring with tornado warnings for Newton and Jasper County, MO. From my home I made a … [ read more ]

Teen Challenge USA, is a member of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).    In response to a 2011 national poll, which rated drug abuse and childhood obesity as the top health concerns for our nation’s youth CADCA Chairman and CEO Gen. Arthur T. Dean … [ read more ]

2010 Survey Released The use of illicit drugs among Americans increased between 2008 and 2010, according to a national survey conducted by SAMHSA. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows that 22.6 million Americans age 12 or older (8.9 percent of the … [ read more ]

Former Presidential Advisor Henry Lozano returns to California to work with drug and alcohol addicts at the very center that helped turn his life around. “No one could have imagined that the hopeless drug addict that was entering LATC would one day serve presidents and governors,” stated Henry … [ read more ]

It was an honor to host Mrs. Tonette Walker, First Lady of Wisconsin and wife of Governor Scott Walker, August 3, 2011, at our Home of Hope for Women and Children in Casa Grande, Arizona. Mrs. Walker is very interested in seeing Wisconsin Teen Challenge … [ read more ]

With help and support from their community, Arizona Teen Challenge organized a Back to School Bash on July 16, 2011. Local businesses and churches joined together to make this a successful outreach to those in inner-city Phoenix. The Fire Department joined with Teen Challenge to … [ read more ]