Building Healthy Families. Growing Resilient Communities.
Raising children is a shared responsibility, and there’s no greater joy than witnessing their transformation. With the love and support from our community, these children are being equipped to thrive and use the gifts God has given them to bless others. Just as we pour into them, they will one day pour into the world. It truly takes a village to raise a child.
With God as our cornerstone, we foster healing, hope, and transformation to empower and promote resiliency in children, families and communities.
WHAT WE DO
Trauma-Informed Training
Our community engagement team offers outreach and training for human and emergency service organizations in six SW GA communities to build awareness around the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to improve trauma-informed best practices.
Thomas County Afterschool Care
Our Resiliency Clubhouse serves 50+ children and their families in Thomas County year round. Our therapists work with our kids on homework, physical activities, art projects, therapy, and provide dinner before taking them home for the evening.
On-Campus Clinical Operations
We provide medication management, behavioral health therapy, and community service case workers children in crisis. Come come to us by way of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), and Juvenile Justice (DJJ) system.
On-Campus Residential Care
Our program services evolved in 2007 to serve boys and girls in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Room, Board & Watchful Oversight (RWBO) is what we’re commonly known for and we house ten girls and ten boys in a group home setting in our residential cottages on campus.
Community & School-Based Counseling
Our community therapists and support staff work on-site with schools districts across six counties in Southwest Georgia. We provide care for our children and their families year-round, including in-home support during holidays and the summer months.
Substance Abuse Treatment
The Seven Challenges program brings light to the needs our youth think they meet by using drugs, the harm it causes, risks they take, and what it entails to make changes. We raise consciousness, inspire hope, and motivate informed, internally driven decisions to drive change.
Upcoming FUN-Raising Events
Join us for family friendly and volunteer events this fall
Hot Off the Press
We are elated to announce we finally have a blog. We have lots in store to share with you from the history of Vashti, to Vashti stories that span a century from community members, supporters and alumn, to upcoming events, announcements, and celebrations as we raise the roof on our fundraising efforts and make massive improvements in our organization from special campus projects, to upgrading technology and breathing life back into our residential cottages and facilities.
Thank you for being our raving fans and always being such incredible human beings to help us provide healing, hope and transformation to those who need it the most.
Sponsor a Child for Christmas Campaign Activated for 2024
We’re overjoyed to have you back to shop for our children this year! And if this is your first time joining us, we’re so grateful you’ve hopped aboard this magical train of generosity. Together, let’s embark on a winter wonderland adventure to give our children the most memorable Christmas and New Year yet!
Flowers Foods Volunteers at Vashti
One shining example of community support is the recent involvement of the Flowers Foods Procurement Team. On October 29th, a dedicated group of Flowers volunteers gathered at The Vashti Center to undertake a variety of projects aimed at improving the living conditions for the children.
An Update on Behavioral Health in Georgia: Commissioner Kevin Tanner Speaks at Rotary Club
At a recent Thomasville Rotary Club meeting, Georgia DBHDD Commissioner Kevin Tanner shared insights into the challenges facing Georgia’s mental health system and the progress being made to address them.
Our Community Partners
These are a few of the organizations that support, serve and fund our programs in six southwest Georgia counties.
