Glove House was founded thirty-five years ago by a group of caring individuals who recognized that there were children in our communities not receiving the life tools they needed to become successful citizens. We have served over 9,000 children through our community based programs since 1970. Thousands more children, their siblings and their families have been helped by our in-home preventive and outreach program services, averting the need for residential placement.
- Glove House is a not-for profit agency that provides treatment for adolescents who require placement out of their home.
- We keep children safe and offer the most appropriate level of care to help them and their families.
- We provide care that is community-based, enabling the child to maintain pivotal relationships with their family, school, and community.
- We also help children who are transitioning back into the community from a higher level of care, such as an institution.
How did Glove House begin?
Glove House began in the Elmira community thirty-five years ago through the dedication of a man named Chuck Jennings.
Chuck was not a professional child-care worker, nor did he have an education in Human Services. He was simply a man with a vision. A vision of helping our youth who had fallen through the cracks .
Through his perseverance (knocking on doors in his community for three years), the first Glove House Group Home was opened on Church Street in 1970.
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Chuck Jennings
Founder of Glove House, Inc. |
Are there Glove House Homes in my Community?
Glove House has ten homes in a four county region that services the entire fingerlakes region with houses in:
- Chemung
- Steuben
- Tioga
- Tompkins
510 Church Street, Elmira NY
523 Water Street, Elmira, NY
457 Franklin Street, Elmira, NY
3374 Comfort Hill Road, Wellsburg, NY
572 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY
2724 Route 17C, Owego, New York
251 Horner Street, Elmira, New York |
Twelve beds
Ten beds
Ten Beds
Eight Beds
Ten beds
Ten beds
Four independent living beds |
Who are the children that Glove House, Inc. serves
- 48% of the children we serve live in single parent households
- Only 12% have had some kind of criminal involvement
- 39% have a mental health diagnosis and/or personality disorder
- 8% have been sexually abused
- 19% have special educational needs
