A Children's HOme Changing Lives
Providing nurturing, compassionate services for the at-risk youth
statistics that speak for themselves
We forever change the lives of the youth we serve. Our statistics prove that our programming is having positive impacts on our youth and in turn, our community.

- 50% obtained driver's licenses
- 42% owned vehicles
- 100% gained employment
- 100% maintained bank accounts
- 89% received vocational certificates or degrees
- 406 days was the average length of stay at Gateway Children's Homes.
Our Story
Learn the amazing story behind Gatewood Children's Homes and about the incredible owners, Kiva & Anthony Gatewood. Their passion for the at-risk youth is unwavering and is shown in the care and compassion expressed at the Gatewood Children's Homes. Contact us for more information about programming.
Why Gatewood Children's Homes
Learning life skills
Those who are a part of the Independent Living Agency community will be mentored and educated on critical life skills necessary to function as self-sufficient and healthy young adults.
This includes:
- Educational/Vocational Planning
- Employment Seeking/Job Maintenance
- Money Management
- Nutrition Services
- Building Interpersonal/Social/Self-Care Skills
- Transition/Permanency Planning
Contact us today to learn more about our programming!
Forge Your Path
Gatewood is here to help you realize your dreams, plan the necessary goals to achieve them, and guide you as you commence the path to your future.
The Independent Living Agency team is committed to providing the best possible wrap-around support to ensure that residents are at a point of self-sustainability.
Personalization
In order to foster growth and success you need to feel safe, happy, and comfortable at home. To achieve this, all Gates to Success Independent Living Agency apartments are personalized to cater to the unique tastes and needs of the residents living in them. What are your favorite colors? What are your hobbies and interests? These are just a few of the questions an individual will be asked when being placed in an Independent Living Agency apartment.
Programs Offered at Gatewood Children's Homes
Gates To Success Independent Living Agency
Gates to Success Independent Living Arrangement gives young men and women, 17-21, the ability to live on their own in a personalized, fully furnished, single-occupancy apartment. The program promotes self-reliance and problem-solving skills once living on their own.
Jordan House Group Home
For girls, ages 12-18, Jordan House’s direct care staff are trained to provide fair and consistent care to the youth while being nurturing, compassionate, caring, and therapeutic. Our initial goal is to stabilize youth physically and emotionally by providing a safe, structured, yet family-oriented environment. Jordan House implements emotional support through weekly, individual, and group therapy provided by licensed clinicians.
Our staff has experience managing:
- Behavioral Disorders
- Delinquency
- Dysfunctional Family Relations
- Learning/Developmental Disorders
- Poor Academic Performance
- Physical/Emotional Abuse or Neglect
- Parental Substance Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Runaways
gates to succes Mommy And Me
Gates to Success Independent Living Agency also offers a Mommy and Me component for pregnant youth or mothers ages 17 to 21 and their children. Mommy and Me participants also receive services geared towards assisting the mother with parenting the child.
Services provided to Mommy & Me participants are:
- Monitoring Attachments
- Connections to Childcare & Prenatal Services
- Access to Parenting Resources
- Support with Visitation Arrangements for Children
- Parent/Coaching Behavior Modeling
- A Dependent Care Allowance
- Safety and Child-Proofing Standards in Place
- Special Equipment and Furnishings for Children
- Assigned Separate Resources Case Manager
Gates to success uniquely me
Foster youth that turned 18 that has special needs, lower functioning youth.
