For over 50 years, The Children’s Attention Home has provided a safe haven to children who are abused, neglected, abandoned or homeless. The loving and secure family-style care helps to bridge the child’s needs until their own home conditions can be corrected or a permanent home can be found.
Over 8000 children, from birth to age 21, from York County and other parts of South Carolina have been served by the Rock Hill center. The resident home supports up to 42 kids with their living, nutritional, educational, medical, and counseling needs. They help siblings stay together, a young mother care for her baby and, for kids 17-20, their Crossroads program provides safe and stable housing as they prepare for an independent life.
" While so much may change, the heart of the Children’s Attention Home remains the same. It lies in the young lives touched every day - the hearts healed, the hopes restored, and the possibilities imagined."
- Emily Parrish, Executive Director
The privately owned Home is licensed and contracted through the SC Department of Social Services and follows a Cornell University designed “Trauma Informed Model” with high success rates. A staff of 65 and over 200 volunteers operate the Home. Sweeping changes in child welfare regulations and legislation, growing needs within the community, a worldwide pandemic, and increasing needs of the children and youth they serve mean that financial support needs are greater than ever.
The River Hills/Lake Wylie Lions Community Foundation is pleased to be a part of supporting The Children’s Attention Home and thank our donors who make our annual contribution possible.