Teen Home

The Agape ministry offers a supportive home for teens in distress to heal and grow. We provide a warm home setting, complete with loving house parents staff. Through encouragement, discipline, and affirmation, the on-site house staff make each child feel welcome and loved.

Agape House is not a permanent home, as the goal of the ministry is to place teens back with their own family or into a safe environment that best approximates a family scenario. The average stay for our teens is between ten months to two years, although some have chosen to stay longer.

School

Agape School provides Christian-based, individualized education for middle and high school students, and accommodates all ability and academic levels. A supportive atmosphere with trained, professional staff meets behavioral, emotional, and spiritual needs as well.

Agape School is located in Walworth, Wisconsin. The small community is centrally situated between Milwaukee on the northeast, Madison on the west and Chicago on the southeast. Closeness to these large cities allows for Agape School recreational outings to learning environments such as the Wisconsin state capitol, museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and more.

Academics

We have implemented a new curriculum here at Agape House called Ignitia Virtual Academy. This is a charter school division of the Alpha and Omega Christian Homeschooling curriculum. Ignitia Courses integrate Scripture and a Christian worldview throughout all subjects and grade levels. Teachers also present lessons from a biblical perspective. Students who come to Agape School are placed at the educational level where they will be most successful, and not where the calendar dictates they should be. Based on personal goals, current academic standing, and learning style, each student receives an individualized experience, as well as teacher and academic support throughout their educational journey. Agape School offers a variety of electives including cultural arts, music, physical education, computers, health, and life skills. We have seen a 98 percent graduation rate for the students who complete our program.

Tuition Assistance

Many families are only able to pay a fraction of the cost of the services provided to them and their children; therefore, Agape House provides financial support to help with tuition costs. A sliding scale fee, based on family income, is used as the basis for tuition to our program. Tuition costs for the full program which includes the home, school, counseling, and mentoring are significantly lower than state-run school programs. All of this is made possible in large part through the generous private donations from individual donors, civic groups, churches, foundations and grants from Alliant Energy Foundation, Community Foundation of Southeastern Wisconsin, Green Bay Packers Foundation, MDRT, Pentair and United Way Walworth County.

Home and School Application: 01 App Packet 2022 2023.

Counseling

“Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me…and you will find rest for your soul” – Matthew 11:28-30.

Agape Counseling services are an extension of the Agape House Program for teens and families.  Agape House offers advanced biblical “pastoral counseling” for individuals, couples, children, teens, and families. Pastoral counseling is defined as counseling therapy that is based on New Covenant, grace-based approaches within the guidelines of Christian beliefs, systems, practice, and of a pastoral nature. We are not psychiatrists or psychologists. However, many of our counselors have their bachelors and or masters in counseling, psychology or related fields. We are counselors who apply practical Christianity to everyday living situations. We do not adhere to behavior modification, but rather an approach through Biblical Identity, Biblical God Concepts, and Cognitive Mindfulness Therapy by the renewing of the mind and changing belief systems.

To ensure much needed counseling resources are affordable and available to those who seek them, Agape Counseling Centers provide professional services at nominal fees that are significantly less than private, for-profit counseling. (Scholarships may also be available; call 262-275-6466 to see if you qualify).

Our counseling services include but are not limited to the following:

• • Anger Management
  • Co-dependency and Recovery
  • Grief / Loss
  • Anxiety / Depression
  • Trauma
  • Marital Counseling
  • Divorce Recovery
  • Parenting Skills and Training
  • Adolescent Behavior Disorders
  • Addictions
  • Family Counseling
  • Sexual Abuse Counseling
  • Physical Abuse / Violence

Locations:

Agape House Counseling Center, Agape House Counseling and Prayer
230 S. Main St.
Walworth, WI 53184

Virtual Counseling available through Microsoft Teams. (Must be pd. In advance through Paypal, unless program participant or scholarship.)

Cost:
50 minute sessions: $25.00
90 minute sessions: $35.00
(Though these are extremely reduced rates, we also do not want to turn away those who need help. If this is your case please call to ask about available counseling scholarships.)

Payment:
In person may be billed monthly or pay as you go with check, cash, or internet payment.

Forms:
Confidential Intake
Release of Liability
Informed Consent
https://calendly.com/bonilee-ahc (For Bonilee Maclay only).

Meet our Counselors:

Bonilee Maclay, Director of Counseling, 
Pastoral Counselor/ TSY Certified/SYMBIS – Prepare/Enrich
bonilee@agapehouseheals.org

Bonilee was raised in a trucking ministry home and has a heart for couples and families struggling to connect due to interpersonal communications, distance, and stress. She holds an undergraduate degree in psychology and a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling with a Marriage and Family focus. In addition, she is certified in Trauma Sensitive Bodywork through Yogafaith.

Emphasis: marriage, family, grief, codependency recovery, anger management, anxiety, stress management, attachment, and trauma.

Caitlin Savino, Biblical Counselor
caitlin@agapehouseheals.org

Caitlin has spent 18 years in ministry specific to teens and children. She is gifted in meeting and understanding their specific needs and perspectives. Caitlin is currently working on her Biblical Counseling Degree.
Emphasis: children and adolescents, trauma, RADS, attachment, anger, anxiety/depression.

Mentoring, Bible Study and Tutoring

Students enrolled in the Agape School study God’s word using biblical teachings and current Christian authors. The foundation for their study is the highly regarded and internationally recognized program, Grace Walk. All teens follow this curriculum, which is enhanced with current biblical practices, contemporary teachings, and personal insights.

Biblically-based, individualized counseling is provided for each child and their family by a trained life coach. Each week, each child is thoughtfully scheduled to allow time to meet with their assigned counselor who creates and facilitates individualized plans to meet each child’s needs and life situations.

A trained mentor is provided for every child and a team of dedicated volunteers provides assistance and encouragement to the mentors and to the teens. Mentors form close bonds with their assigned child, and offer their time and attention to help the  child strengthen their educational, emotional, spiritual, and psychological lives.

Transitional Living Home (TLH)

The TLH offers housing, counseling, mentoring, and staff guidance to help young women who transition from Agape House programs, the foster care system, or the surrounding community, to successfully transition to an independent, productive, healthy life. Assistance is provided in areas that include searching for employment, achieving a high school diploma, obtaining insurance coverage, receiving a driver’s license, and much more. The TLH provides this vital assistance to young adult women at a low monthly fee.

Interested in learning more about our Walworth facility? Contact us at admin@AgapeHouseHeals.org or call us at 262.275.6466. Please also feel free to consult the link below for a copy of our application.

Agape House Resident Handbook – Download Here

TLH Application – Download Here

Please note that the TLH is not available at this time.