Endorsements
Art Linkletter
"Promise Village... is a place that you just can’t believe until you see it."
Steve Arterburn
"I believe this is the best residential treatment program for struggling teens in the country."
Judge Glenda Hatchett
"Promise Village... thank you for the work that you are doing. It is making a difference."
More endorsements...Success Stories
Promise Village is Truly an Exceptional Licensed Residential Treatment Center for At-Risk and Struggling Boys.
Promise Village is dedicated to improving the lives of struggling teens and their families. We believe that God has an awesome plan, hope, and future for every teen. Our mission is to provide a safe, caring, structured, relationship-based, clinically sophisticated program of the highest quality in a positive home-like environment. This powerful combination creates opportunities for meaningful and lasting change. Promise Village’s therapeutic setting is located on a 70-acre ranch where boys, ages 10-17, can overcome challenges, discover their strengths, grow in character, heal from hurts, restore family relationships, develop spiritually, and improve academically.
Promise Village is a place where we are “Seeing the Promise in Every Teenager.”
Our Program
Promise Village provides the highest quality of care with our clinical, academic, character-building, and animal-assisted therapy programming. Our multi-dimensional approach is a catalyst to promote positive life changes by providing a highly individualized, strength-based, loving, relationally infused, and healing environment of care.
Admissions
You have a struggling teen that you are very concerned about. We understand the chaos, uncertainty, hurt, hopelessness, and crisis that you and your family are experiencing right now. You have hopes, dreams for your teenager, and a belief that things can change for the better. We are dedicated to helping make that happen. Call us.
Our Campus
People who visit our therapeutic school for boys comment on how inviting, safe, and comfortable it feels. The beautiful 70-acre boys ranch with a home-like environment and loving, animal-assisted therapy contribute to the restorative effect that nurtures change and growth for each teenager. Come peek inside.
Promise Village Launched National Training Initiative to Expand Help for Families, Sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation
Do you have a heart for hurting kids or troubled teens? Do you want to do something truly worthwhile that will transform young lives? If so, this may be the start of an exciting adventure for you.
There are far more youth in need of rescue than there are homes with adequate programs to help them. Over the past twelve years, Promise Village has crafted a proven model for operating a residential care program that provides quality care and clinical treatment. We specialize in helping at-risk teens. Our vision is not just to continue providing personalized treatment and life-changing care to those in our home. We also aim to multiply our impact by training other therapeutic programs. This training can be used to start a new residential care program or to refresh current programming where administrators are looking for new ways to enhance their care. Might this be something you would like to start in your town? READ MORE >>






Dr. Tim Coldiron is the Founder and Executive Director of Promise Village. From 1987 to 2000 he was the sole owner and clinical director of the largest free-standing outpatient mental health and substance abuse clinic in Michigan. He has been working professionally with children, adolescents, and their families for more than thirty years in clinical settings, youth organizations, churches, and youth residential treatment facilities. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Master’s in Clinical Social Work, a B.A. in Communications, and a B.A. in Education; in addition to this, he has learned a tremendous amount from the hundreds of families with whom he has been privileged to work alongside. 
