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Residential Care
At Black Mountain Home, our Campus-Based Cottage Care Program provides a safe and nurturing environment for up to 60 children from kindergarten through high school. These children live in six cottages, five on our 90-acre campus in Black Mountain and one at Whitewater Cove in Pisgah Forest, where they experience the love, structure, and belonging of a true family home.
Each cottage is led by caring house parent couples who alternate weekly to provide consistent support and guidance. All of our house parents and staff receive Trauma Informed CARE (Children and Residential Experiences) training through Cornell University, which equips them to respond to the effects of trauma with compassion, consistency, and understanding. This training helps ensure every interaction contributes to a child’s healing and sense of safety.
Our cottages often welcome large sibling groups and older youth who might otherwise be separated or have limited placement options in community foster care. Here, they can stay together, continue attending public schools, and build stability in a family setting that encourages belonging and growth.
Each child is surrounded by a full network of emotional, mental, spiritual, and academic support, along with a strong recreation program that promotes physical health and teamwork. They share meals, do homework, go on vacations, attend church, and live together as a family.
The Whitewater Cove campus in Pisgah Forest offers a peaceful environment for children and staff. The cottage there provides a home for up to six children, while Bear Lodge serves as a retreat and training space that supports youth development and staff care.
At Black Mountain Home, every child has the chance to heal, learn, and grow in a setting that feels like home, surrounded by people who believe in their worth and their future.
APPLICATION FOR SERVICE – Fill out and submit if you would like to admit a child.
