Crossnore Communities for Children

Therapy Services are offered to children following a complete assessment to determine their level of need. This assessment then drives the services that will best meet those needs. Therapy services are offered to children in our foster care programs, as well as to children as outpatients or in school-based therapy. Therapists are available in all three of our locations: Crossnore, NC, Winston-Salem, NC, and Hendersonville, NC

Crossnore Communities for Children's Foster Care and Adoptions program licenses and supervises single family foster homes and therapeutic foster homes. We also partner with the counties we serve to effectively and efficiently recruit for and match children who desire to be adopted with qualified loving families.

Families interested in providing a foster home or forever home for children in need will receive training, a home study, and ongoing monthly support throughout the licensing process and beyond.

Crossnore Communities for Children puts a high emphasis on education to offer children choices for their future. Education helps our children break generational cycles of abuse and neglect, as well as provide more than $1 million in additional income over their lifetimes.

In Winston-Salem, NC, our students attend the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County public schools. For those who are eligible, our Day Treatment program provides:

Year-round programming (7:25 a.m.–1:55 p.m. five days a week)
Treatment groups
Psycho-Educational groups
Experiential and Adventure-Based counseling
Individual counseling
Family counseling
Individualized goals/interventions

The program utilizes a structured environment concentrating on strengths, skill building, and problem solving through individual therapy and in groups. Day Treatment also provides interventions that address the reduction of mental health symptoms, improvement of behavioral functioning, increased coping and relational skills, recovery, and ability to function in an educational and community setting.

For students living on the Crossnore, NC campus, educational services are provided at Marjorie Williams Academy, a K-12 public charter school located on our campus.

The mission of Williams Academy is to offer a stable, emotionally supportive, educational environment for children with a goal of empowering each child to achieve his or her real academic and social potential.

Youth Independent Living (YIL) supports youth and young adults who are currently in or have aged out of the foster care system by offering age-appropriate, normative assistance to build skills and connections in order to increase positive life outcomes and create resiliency.