Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Crossnore School offers a stable, healing, living and learning environment for children from families in crisis. The children of Crossnore School, Inc. are primarily young people who come to us from the mountains and foothills of North Carolina. These children are placed by legal custodians because circumstances beyond the child's control prevent him from living at home at this time. A healthy and safe environment is provided on our 72-acre campus where children live, learn and experience a quality of life new to many of them.
Children live in cottages with no more than eight to nine students per cottage.
Resident Counselors living in the cottages provide a home-like atmosphere for the children while offering love and support. An extended time of care so that appropriate work can be done with the family to clarify issues and reunite the family if possible. Frequently the parental rights have been severed and placement with a foster or adoptive family is pursued. These are all high school age students. For children from birth to age five.