Appalachian Family Innovations (AFI) has now become a part of Barium Springs Home for Children headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina.  Both organizations are extremely excited about this new venture together.  Throughout our 157-year combined history, both organizations have focused on assisting abandoned, abused and neglected children, at risk youth and families in need throughout a large portion of the western half of North Carolina.  On behalf of AFI and Barium Springs, we look forward to continuing our mission of serving more children and families throughout North Carolina. 

With primary offices in Morganton, Asheville, and Winston-Salem, AFI will continue to provide leading edge helping programs for troubled youth and their families.   By combining our services AFI and Barium Springs will together provide services in 40 NC counties, offer a safe home to over 250 abused or neglected children, provide therapeutic education for over 160 youth at risk of dropping out, provide professional therapy to over 1,200 children and families, offer leadership development training throughout NC, provide Teaching-Family training to other agencies and much more!

The research, training, and service efforts at Family Innovations have led consistently to the same conclusion.  If we, society, want our children to grow up to be caring spouses, nurturing parents, and productive citizens, we must expose them to adults who behave that way and encourage those skills and values.  Barium Springs Home for Children is proud to be a part of an organization with that philosophy and plans to continue this mission and excellence moving forward.

To learn more about Barium Springs Home for Children, please visit www.bariumsprings.org for more information.