INTRODUCTION, PHILOSOPHY, DESCRIPTION

The Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes consists of the Georgia Sheriffs’ Boys’ Ranch in Hahira, Georgia, Georgia Sheriffs’ Cherokee Estate in Dalton, Georgia, Georgia Sheriffs’ Pineland in LaGrange, Georgia, Georgia Sheriffs’ Herrington Homestead in Nunez, Georgia and Georgia Sheriffs’ MountainView in Chatsworth, Georgia.  The Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes offer long term residential care for children.  The Georgia Sheriffs’ Association, whose purpose is to promote better law enforcement throughout Georgia, sponsors the homes.

The purpose of the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes is to provide a secure future for Georgia’s needy and worthy children; to give them love, security, discipline and all of the essential advantages that are every American child’s birthright.  The homes are not reform schools, correctional institutions or for adjudicated delinquents, but are for children who need a good home because they are innocent victims of neglect, abuse or lack of opportunity.

Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes accepts children between the ages of 6-16; children without serious emotional or physical handicaps, children whose IQ’s are 75 or above, and children who have not been adjudicated as a delinquent.

Please complete the application and return it to the campus you are considering for placement.  Addresses are listed below.  If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Beth Tillman, Director of Child Care at 229-794-2606.

Youth Homes offer a wide range of services to the children in care.  These services include:  medical, dental, educational, recreational and life skills training. 

For over forty years, Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes has provided quality out of home care for hundreds of children.  It is the commitment of the Sheriffs of Georgia to continue this history.