How We Help
CHAC’s services address a variety of emotional problems that affect children and teens, and cause stress within their families such as:
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In The Spotlight
CHAC is pleased to announce our new teen substance abuse treatment and prevention program, Well Within. Using established therapeutic approaches teens build the skills and confidence needed to create a healthy future. Teens discover healthy alternatives to drug and alcohol use, positively impacting the family and community, as well as their own lives. [...]
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CHAC greatly appreciates the wonderful support we receive from our donors. Without your generous donations, we would not be able to continue providing necessary services to our local community. CHAC gladly accepts gifts of cash, stock, real estate, vehicles and planned gifts to support our vital services to the local community. All contributions are tax deductible.
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Our Stories
Teen Takes Charge
Recently we saw a self-referred teen girl who came to see a CHAC counselor at her high school because her life is so complicated. Her mother abandoned the family, and she can’t live at home with her father because he is violent and in and out of jail. She bounces around staying with friends and relatives, but can’t stay anywhere for long. Despite this chaotic lifestyle, she maintains decent grades. Her counselor is helping her find a cosmetology school to enroll in when [...]
Happy Family
A staff member recently shared the story of a middle school boy she counseled several years ago who was on the verge of getting seriously involved with drugs and gangs. She was able to keep him somewhat on track through middle school, though he continued to dabble in high-risk behavior. She always worried that he’d go in a negative direction. He recently came back to CHAC for relationship counseling. He is now 23 years old, married and has a child. He graduated from an auto technician [...]
Helping Mom
A CHAC counselor was recently working with a parent who had lost her job. The client had two children. The father was rarely making child support payments on time, putting her in a terrible position financially, especially with the loss of her job. She was applying for jobs in her professional field. Before she came to counseling at CHAC, her stress level was so high that she was in constant arguments with her son and seemed so discouraged that she couldn’t see see any way out of [...]
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