Helping Hand Home for Children

The Home's residential treatment component has been designed specifically for forty-one children between the ages of four and thirteen who have experienced severe physical, sexual, and emotional trauma. One of only a few treatment centers in the United States dedicated to serving young children; our therapeutic milieu has been crafted to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children who have experienced the darker side of childhood. The Pearson Therapeutic Foster Care Program was founded in 1995 on the belief that a loving home can save a child. Our foster care program serves children from birth to eighteen years old, some of whom need treatment services but can function successfully in a foster home with specially trained and supported foster parents. HHH is also licensed to perform adoptions.

For many years, HHH board and staff dreamed of opening an on-campus school to enhance the treatment plans of the children for their academic and behavior needs. In August of 2008, that dream became a reality when the HHH/University of Texas Charter School opened for the first day of school at our residential treatment center. The school helps our most socially and academically challenged children by equipping them with the skills they will need to succeed in the public school system.