Courage Houses / Our U.S. Legacy
Honoring the Past. Continuing the Mission.
Courage Worldwide's history includes residential programs in California and Nevada, where we worked to provide safe homes and healing opportunities for young survivors of sex trafficking.
These programs represented years of dedication, generous donor support, and a shared belief that every child deserves safety, dignity, and hope.
Although both residential programs have closed, they remain meaningful chapters in our organization's history.
Courage House California
Our California residential program was part of Courage Worldwide's early development and helped shape our understanding of the unique needs of survivors of trafficking. Through that experience, we learned the importance of individualized care, long-term relationships, and creating environments where young people can discover their worth and develop hope for their futures. The California residential program closed approximately 10 years ago. Its legacy continues through the survivors served and the lessons that inform our work today. We continue to provide alumni services to former residents.
Courage House Nevada
In April 2026, Courage Worldwide opened Courage House Nevada, a licensed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility serving minor girls who had experienced commercial sexual exploitation. The organization invested nearly $2 million to acquire and prepare a 40-acre property, complete extensive licensing requirements, and hire and train professional staff. In October 2026, the Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance completed a complaint investigation and reported that the complaint could not be substantiated and that no regulatory deficiencies were identified. Later that month, a scheduled national accreditation survey was canceled because of a conflict involving the assigned surveyor. Courage Worldwide was informed that the survey could not be rescheduled during 2026 and that no date could yet be provided for 2027. Because accreditation was a prerequisite to completing the Medicaid reimbursement approval process, the unexpected delay created an additional and potentially lengthy period of operating without that reimbursement. Despite extensive efforts to secure emergency funding, private donations, grants, and potential partnerships, the organization could not establish a sustainable financial path forward. The Governing Board therefore made the difficult decision to authorize the orderly closure of Courage House Nevada. The closure was a financial decision and was not the result of regulatory deficiencies identified in the October complaint investigation. We are deeply grateful to the employees, volunteers, donors, community partners, and public officials who helped bring Courage House Nevada to life.
The Impact Continues
The closing of a residential facility does not erase the care provided within its walls or the commitment of those who helped make it possible.
We carry the experiences, relationships, and lessons from our U.S. programs into the next chapter of Courage Worldwide.
Today, our residential work is focused in Tanzania, where we continue providing safe homes, education, and long-term opportunities for survivors and their children.
As we look toward future expansion into Kenya, our commitment remains unchanged.
Every life has value. Every survivor deserves hope. And every story deserves the opportunity for a new beginning.
Courage Worldwide continues to offer wraparound services, including trauma counselling, mentoring and other resources, to support survivors who have been through our US and Tanzania programmes.
Survivor stories
Transformative Impact
Courage House is designed as a long-term program, a minimum of 12 months, to provide extensive, daily, trauma-focused services. The need for long-term treatment is due to the severity of trauma and manipulation each resident has experienced. This level of exploitation takes an extensive amount of time to work through and overcome.
The following data points were collected from residents at Courage House in the United States and reveal drastic improvement for those who maintained the minimum one year program.
Before Courage House
100%
of incoming residents were diagnosed with mental health disorders.
85%
of incoming residents reported abuse in their homes.
100%
of incoming residents used drugs.
86%
of incoming residents came from a fatherless home.
After Courage House
78%
of mental health symptoms were stabilized amongst residents.
86%
of residents remained in school.
100%
of residents increased their GPA to over 3.0.
71%
of residents did not return to trafficking.
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