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.

It’s Back to School Time and We’ve Got a Wish List With an Easy Button

We want to ensure we can provide constructive experiences for the time our youth calls Vashti home and we are forever grateful for the 121 years of support you continue to provide for our children and their families in need. Bright futures lie ahead for our children to thrive and prosper with abundance from the gifts God has given them to serve others—just as we serve them today.

Please consider giving a one-time or monthly donation to support our mission by providing:

  • Faith-based services
  • Afterschool care
  • Behavioral health therapy
  • Essential life-skills training
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Residential cottages for youth
  • A place to heal after traumatic life experiences

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 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. 

With God as our cornerstone, we foster healing, hope, and transformation to empower and promote resiliency in children, families and communities.

Upcoming FUN-Raising Event

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Dinner on the Bricks – 10th Anniversary Bash

September 21, 2024

Thomasville Center for the Arts

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. 

Nurture Our Team Fund Launched

Nurture Our Team Fund Launched

It is our goal to provide a positive culture for our team members to grow. We would love your financial support to nurture our people caring for our children. They’ll give you hugs for showing your support and encouragement.

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It’s Ok To Not Be OK

It’s Ok To Not Be OK

You are not alone in your struggles, and it’s okay to seek help. Remember that you are loved and valued. Take the first step towards healing and reach out for support today. Your mental health matters, and there are resources available to help you through difficult times. You deserve to find peace and hope in your journey towards wellness.

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Our Community Partners

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