Yes. We do this by helping you discover your purpose in life. Your purpose is through holding the world view that gives purpose to every human being, everything in the world and every event is interconnected and has a purpose. The most wondrous purpose is developing deep and lasting connections (aka relationships) with other people. Learning how to do this starts on your first day. Everyone is given gifts to practice in life. These are discovered through work skills and practices done on the campus. The ones that seem to flow easily point to your purpose. Thus, they point to who you are. Your purpose becomes the glue that holds connections together with deep rewards following.

This is called Commitment Phobia or Relationship Anxiety. Love, particularly young love, is the most wondrous and euphoric experience in life. Too often it becomes the most hurtful of all experiences. Some never overcome the loss and have anxiety over any relationship. This paradox does not have to be. The problem is not the euphoria. The problem is that the first euphoric experience is so unique one whispers, I want that tomorrow too, to be able to “live happily ever after.” The truth standing against this whisper is that love is present tense not to “live happily ever after.” One or the other will die, suffer a loss or have circumstantial change first. Love exists from moment to moment by choice for affection and care that would allow each to pursue their purpose while remaining in the relationship. This is Liberty! After each moment being thankful for the experience that so animated and enriched that relationship. Then, being open to love again in the next moment or day. This is vulnerability. This understanding is learned by practice and guidance within our congregate campus. All of this works together in transforming hurts into opportunities for love in ways nothing else can!

At Hope Adult and Teen Challenge, we focus on the whole person during Recovery. The facility was designed with special attention to creating a comfortable, safe place with personal privacy for our students. We have group areas perfect for making healthy connections and relaxing. Our unique Recovery program is broken into phases, including understanding human behavior from the perspectives of psychology and the Bible and preparing for work or education to start a profession.

Located within 15 minutes of three hospitals, numerous doctors, four clinics, shopping, and state forests and parks make the Recovery center a great location for a healthy recovery. The airport is 25 minutes away, making Hope Adult and Teen Challenge easily accessible for out-of-area students. Our Recovery center is 14,000 square feet on 2+ acres of grounds that include trees and gardens in a quiet, upscale residential community.

If you are in need of an Recovery center, call Hope Adult and Teen Challenge to schedule your appointment.

Hope Adult and Teen Challenge is for recovering from life controlling problems, the what. The program uses behavioral modification methods, the how, with spiritual and success motivations, the why, tailored for women, the who, with every program provision and activity located on our campus, the where. The program has three steps or phases, the when, tailored for women.

You are eligible at 17 and up. If you can participate physically and fully engage in your recovery.

This is a women’s facility. We only take individuals that are female at birth.

We are presently set up to house 7 women.

There is a $700 entry fee plus the transportation fare from Binghamton to your home. The fare is used should you choose to leave the program. We ask for as much monthly support as a student, her family members and home church can afford. All income is used to cover living and program expenses and activities. There is no pecuniary interest in this ministry. We promise to give every student our best. We ask that every student do the same with support and program dedication. For the example of a periodic benefit from any source a reasonable portion is 89% for the program. Eleven percent is used by the student for personal needs. Sources could be SSI, SSD, DSS, trust fund or grant. Non periodic assets can be used for student support. For reference, the actual monthly cost is about $2500.

We are a federal 501(c)(3) exempt organization registered in New York state as an exempt corporation operating under the name of Candlehouse, Inc. We are also registered with the New York Attorney General under this name and for doing business under the assumed names of Hope Teen Challenge and Hope Adult and Teen Challenge.

Our affiliation is with Adult and Teen Challenge.  We follow their accreditation standards which cover best administrative and teaching methods and superior program materials from Teen Challenge, Living Free and other sources. Information about Adult and Teen Challenge can be found on its web site www.teenchallengeusa.com. We are otherwise independent and not an organizational sub corporation or owned by Teen Challenge USA or any other corporation or organization in any state. Our headquarters and administrative office are collocated with the program facility.

We offer a short-term program that runs 7 ½ months. A long-term program that runs 12 ½ months.

Yes, we do. It depends on what they are & how many different psychotropic meds are being taken. We do NOT take anyone on suboxone.

No, we are not.  We ask that you be detoxed before you come in.

No. We work with persons having behavioral problems. For example, people exhibiting some autistic behaviors, behaviors rising from trauma, emotional, sexual, and physical abuse.

Yes.

Yes. We handle mental disorders that respond to behavioral modification methods.

We specialize in females with behavioral and addiction problems.

You can call us at 607-786-3669 or you can email us at llb_busby@yahoo.com. You can also use the form on our Contact Us page.

Yes!

We only ask that she carefully consider faith in the Creator. There is no time limit for this. She can stay as long as she participates in the program. It contains life coaching encounter groups for behavior modification, making lasting relationships, and recovery. Along with this is the development of work and life skills that prepares her for employment, motherhood, or being a wife. Although the Bible is read as part of the program, its personal value goes beyond faith. There are many stories of virtue In difficult times, hope in loss and recovery from failure that help the reader to be a valuable part of the human community no matter what faith or no faith.