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September 2023 by aislynn b
its awesome here!!
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November 2022 by ileum
This is a long overdue (and LONG in general) outdated review (by 10 years). I think it could be useful to any parents and children who might find themselves involved with Chase Home. Maybe even useful to current employees. I was in Chase Home on and off three times (almost a fourth) over the span of around 6 years (ages 12-18).PROS:- Fast action against any harmful criminal behavior directed at their children. Psych evals at the ready and detailed reports passed on to proper authorities is a given.- Taking threats against self and others seriously.- Over half of the hires were pleasant to deal with and inspired some level of trust.- Cared about kids who aged out and tried to help them avoid homelessness.- Creativity nurtured.- Fair chore charts. Helps build responsibility and scheduling.- Establishments often gave Chase Home deals, many trips were had during the weekend and summer. Children who can't leave for the holidays still had options to participate in events. Annual events outside of the holidays were celebrated as well, which had a lot of community involvement and engagement from the children.- Inappropriate behavior from counselors is reviewed quickly and action is taken just as fast. I never saw anything particularly egregious but there was a frequent snide jerk on staff who took us to Chunky's on game night and didn't leave when the event became hostile. We came home drenched in alcohol from angry patrons. He was fired shortly after.CONS:- No care for in school behavior or performance.- Can't visit family onsite for weeks; no visit offsite for at the least a month.- Great at handling immediate concerns, not great at preventing them:Dorm rules inspire bullying. I hope this has been removed but OOC was a thing the entire time I was there. Out Of Community means you have done something that can be as simple as swearing which earns you no use of electronics, no rights to leave your room for activities, and most damaging: no rights to speech and family visits are canceled. Kids overheard talking to you could be put onto OOC as well. Even worse, kids who might have contributed to you being on OOC can then vote. You couldn't be back in the community if they didn't say so. It was abused as you can guess - days, over a week without socializing, imagine. Terrible harmful system that staff didn't even agree with.- Low pay for counselors meant many of the most qualified people left.- Staff advocating for better treatment of the children would mysteriously never return to work or work severely reduced hours.- Manipulative practices like offering certain luxuries (fresh fruit an example) only when grant providers came around. Coaching kids into what to say to grant providers and having their probation officers in room to combat every critique levied.- Unable to care for any kids with health issues outside of mental. Steep stairs made it so kids with any form of physical ailment would have to drag themselves upstairs or be assisted upstairs. Dangerous carrying of wheelchair bound kids (while in wheelchair) ensued.- Vindictive people on board. I was on probation for skipping school (health issues). Management was eating the special dietary food my family paid for. When I asked them not to, they called my doctor and said I was eating junk. My doctor revoked my right to special meals and the IBS went full Crohn's. I was vomiting and having violent diarrhea for nearly my entire time there and a lot of damage was done.The crux of cons came down to funding and higher-ups power tripping most definitely. There was so much stress about where funding was coming from it became more of a business than a (Chase) Home for Children. With all my heart, I do thank Chase for keeping a roof over my head and introducing me to strangers who became a de facto family unit. I just wish it was a much smoother ride for all of these kids (and counselors) who don't have a choice in executive decision making. I truly hope things have improved; and if not, I wish The Chase Home all the best in getting to wher
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November 2022 by Aiden Barkie
Pretty swaggy guy
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November 2021 by ZMZ Blackout
i'ven never lived here myself but i do have multiple friends who tell me about there experience and its awful the kids get feed and thats pretty much all the staff do besides make the kids miserable and suicidal at the end of the day. And the sad part is it doesnt matter who writes a review the only time they will change something is when one of the kids actually does it, its going to take a life for chase home to change and thats not alright. All the staff that pretty much grew up with the kids and were good for the kids mental health were either fired or left.
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November 2020 by Carly Nicol
If there was a choice to give this place zero stars I would. I lived here for 5 months and it was the worst 5 months of my life. I hated this place with my heart and soul. The staff that cared and made you feel like you wanted to better yourself, got fired. The staff that are there now just continue to argue and when you ask them to stop they don’t stop. I consistently cried myself to sleep and I had never been more suicidal in my life until I went there and honestly they just didn’t care. And maybe that’s how they make you not wanna come back but this is a group home for children, Not a prison for adults and you should never make a child feel like, it is a good idea to jump out a 4th story window with a rope around their neck at 3am. I did not like this place at all. Yes they bring you everywhere and yes they feed you and give you clothes if you need it. But I really feel in my heart that it’s only because they have to.
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November 2020 by brenna dustin
i am completely scarred from living in this awful place. everyday i would cry myself to sleep. all the staff here treat you so poorly, and make you feel so bad about yourself.
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November 2020 by Tara Andrews
A qualified facility with friendly staff to help kids in transition or crisis.
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November 2018 by Vic & Nancy In Maine
I lived at Chase Home for 3 years in the 80's, and honestly I have nothing really bad to say.The staff...well most of the staff, were lovely people who truly cared.Loved Beth Anne/Andy/Richard , Billy, & Mary~beth Long, The Potters ~ all Fantastic!!Nancy (Young) Gillingwater
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November 2018 by Thomas Townsend
An AMAZING facility serving the children and families in need of the seacoast for a very long time!
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November 2018 by Christine whitmore
beauty
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November 2016 by Rhonda Bucklin
This home and those in charge have good intentions but has failed in so many ways. Building relationships and developing healthy positive family connections have been lost. Instead of family unity, this placement tends to do just the opposite. Parents and children get disconnected because children choose activities over family time when given the option. Most families cannot afford the luxury of the choices of activities.
