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Guiding youth and empowering families

Glove House serves youth and families from 15 New York State counties. We encourage change by reigniting hope, guiding children and empowering families to live successfully through locally provided services: crisis stabilization, prevention, counseling, advocacy, and the creation of positive learning environments.

Glove House was founded in 1970 by Norman "Chuck" Jennings, a professional boxer, along with his wife, Nellie, and the community of Elmira, NY. They recognized there were boys in Elmira who had no place to call home and lacked a plan for a sustainable future. And so, the doors of Glove House opened to 7 teenage boys.

Over time, the communities we serve have grown and evolved as has how we serve them, now focusing on keeping youth in their homes providing wrap-around care through a variety of programs. Today Glove House serves approximately 540 youth and adults through person-centered, trauma-informed approaches.

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Foster Care
Foster Care Reintegration Complex Trauma
When children are not able to live safely at home, Glove House provides loving foster families to impart stability and safety to children in the midst of uncertainty.
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Bright Futures: a Self-Sufficiency Program for Success
Foster Care Residential Services
Bright Futures is an independent living program designed to allow young adults to create their own paths to adulthood with support from Glove House.
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Care Management
Care Management and Specialized Services CHHUNY
A Health Home is a care management service model where all caregivers communicate with one another so that all needs are addressed in a comprehensive manner.
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Become a Glove House Foster Parent

Glove House foster parents are the most special people in the world. You’ll never be alone as a Glove House Foster Parent. We make sure we support you every step of the way. Take the first step to becoming a foster parent!

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We give help and hope to youth and families at risk or in crisis.

For more than five decades, Glove House has provided community-based services giving hope and help through supporting youth and empowering families. How can we help you?.

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13%

of local families experience crises that would benefit from mental health intervention.

548

youth & families were helped by Glove House last year

39

youth were adopted through our programs over the past five years

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Being a foster parent is hard. There are so many ups and downs, questions, concerns, thoughts and emotions that come up in the process. With all of the uncertainty of foster parenting, the one thing our family has been able to count on has been the staff at Glove House. They go above and beyond to answer our questions, advocate for us and the children in our care and check in on us when things get really hard. I'm appreciative of the staff at Glove House for supporting us through this process. Thank you! 

--Jen Schwytzer

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Attend our 20th Annual BBQ in the Park

On May 30th at Wisner Park in Elmira, NY we will hold our 20th BBQ in the Park with lunch and dinner being provided by Dean Lane Food and Farmstead. Want to support us? Have your business featured as a sponsor of the event! Become a Sponsor

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