TREEHOUSE HOPE STARTS WITH YOU
Teen mental health in America is at a breaking point.
40% 29%
3.4M of teens felt persistently sad or hopeless in the last 12 months. experience poor mental health. high schoolers seriously consider suicide annually. (20%)1
It’s a call to action. But this isn’t just a crisis.
At TreeHouse, we believe the church is uniquely positioned to respond—not with shame, fear, or pressure, but with presence, belonging, and hope.
The Opportunity Before Us
Teenagers are facing real mental health challenges—but they are not broken. They are resilient, insightful, creative, and full of untapped potential.
What they need is connection. What they need is belonging. What they need is a safe and trusted community that supports them as they navigate their mental health journey. They don’t need to be rescued.
When teens are surrounded by trusted mentors, a safe space, and a path forward, they rise.
Our Belief: Every Teen is Capable of Transformation
For over 40 years, TreeHouse has stood on a simple belief:
EVERY TEEN IS LOVABLE, CAPABLE, AND WORTHWHILE.
We walk alongside teens as they discover their God-given worth, their identity, and their future. Through our unique non-clinical support group and mentoring program, we help teens who struggle with mental health build resilience and mental well-being. And we refer them to local mental health professionals when they need clinical care.
And now, we’re scaling that impact—not because teens are weaker, but because they’re ready for more.
Our Strength: A Grace-Based, Community-Empowered, National Movement
TreeHouse is poised to lead a nationwide movement that unleashes the strengths of teens, churches, and communities.
Our proven model empowers local churches to become hubs of mental health support and belonging for teens.
Through a robust digital platform and donor-supported infrastructure, we offer this model at no cost to the church, so any church, anywhere can reach teens in their community.
Our Approach
TreeHouse isn’t just a program—it’s a weekly rhythm of belonging and support.
It starts with a simple act of care: volunteers from the church pick up any teen who needs a ride. When teens arrive, they’re greeted with warmth, consistency, and a meal shared around the table.
Then, the group engages in a fun, thoughtful activity designed to support mental wellness.
Next, teens break into small support groups—the heart of TreeHouse. In these groups, a TreeHouse-trained facilitator guides them as they share honestly about their week, their emotions, and their challenges. Peers respond with empathy, not advice—offering each other presence, not pressure.
This whole program is faith-neutral, welcoming all teens, while remaining rooted in the truth that God created every teen with dignity and value.
As trust deepens, the connections teens make with volunteers at TreeHouse blossom into meaningful mentoring relationships—offering teens someone to walk with them beyond the group and into the rest of their lives, which also becomes a natural segway into youth group and the church body.
What makes TreeHouse unique?
Outreach
We help churches create a faith-neutral space where any teen from the community is safe, seen, and supported— meeting them where they are, with no strings attached.
Plug-and-Play
This program is completely plug-and-play, with guides, videos, and online training to ensure successful programs in any context.
Support
TreeHouse provides ongoing coaching and support for church leaders and volunteers, ensuring they never walk alone in the work of helping teens.
TreeHouse works
78%
Build coping skills to navigate obstacles in life.
92%
Of TreeHouse teens form healthy relationships with peers and mentors.
78%
Move toward a stronger relationship with a loving God.
73% 67% 70%
Discover Personal Value & Purpose.
Decrease negative mental health symptoms.
Develop hope for their future.
TreeHouse has saved my life. I would probably be dead or in prison if it wasn’t for TreeHouse. It has changed my life for the better and restored confidence and hope when I had none.
- Jasmine
TreeHouse is a place I can call home. It’s a place where you can truly be yourself. It’s a place where you can be vulnerable.
- Gilberto
I can not only be loved but can love others and myself. I can do anything and everything I imagine––I am worth it. At TreeHouse, I am shown that I’m worthwhile by people treating me like I’m part of a family.
- Kaylee
The Invitation: Build Strength With Us
We are launching a national expansion—to grow TreeHouse into a movement of resiliency, hope, and possibility.
But we can’t do it alone.
We are seeking donor champions who want to:
Ignite churches to rise up as safe havens for youth. Equip leaders and volunteers to walk with teens through the highs and lows of life. Unleash hope in teens everywhere.
With your partnership, we will unlock the potential in tens of thousands of teens—and ensure every community has the tools to support them. The mission: to unleash hope in teens everywhere.
Let’s Reimagine What’s Possible
Teens are not problems to be solved. They are people to be empowered.
With your help, we’re not just responding to a crisis— we’re building a future of hope, rooted in resiliency.
Let’s go farther together.
Let’s unleash hope together.
Over the past
40 YEARS, 40,000 TEENS.
TreeHouse has reached nearly
Yet, many more still need hope. Join us in our mission to unleash hope for the next 40 years.
