Offering Behavioral Health Services in Southwest Georgia

We serve children 5-21 through community, residential, after school, in-home, school-based, and clinical behavioral health programs. 

We Grow Resilient Communities

Learn more about child and familiy behavioral health training options in your area.

Know a Child In Crisis?

As a trauma-informed nonprofit facility that serves youth during tough seasons of life, we offer a safe, faith-based environment for underserved youth in Georgia. Read information about the 988 Lifeline for suicide prevention.

Serving Children & Families Since 1903

Share your love for kids and support for healthier communities by donating your time to volunteer or mentor, and with gifts or financial support. Every gift is a blessing at Vashti.

Trauma-Informed Workshops Strengthen Communities

Your resource for adverse childhood experiences (ACE) education and trauma-informed training for organizations serving youth in our community.

On-site and community outreach programs available

We believe healthy families create healthy communities.

Safe. Structured. Nurturing.

Our team provides essential resources for youth who want repositioning themselves for progress to move forward from their current situations.

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

Dinner on the Bricks 2024 Gilligan's Island Theme

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. 

Flowers Foods Volunteers at Vashti

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.

read more
Dinner on the Bricks Bash Winners Announced

Dinner on the Bricks Bash Winners Announced

With our dedicated volunteers, generous sponsors, and enthusiastic participants coming together, we forged lasting memories while supporting vital programs for children and families in need. This annual gathering reflects our commitment to uplifting our community, reminding us that together we can spark change and inspire hope. Don’t miss out on the chance to contribute to our mission and be part of the transformation—explore how you can support Vashti today.

read more

Our Community Partners

These are a few of the organizations that support, serve and fund our programs in six southwest Georgia counties.