To assist with a child's maturity into a competent, self-sufficient and productive adult. We believe that it is necessary to provide the child with consistent supportive environmental stimuli conducive to learning basic life skills.

A child's parents, peer groups, and schools are major influences to their development. As parents serve their purpose and become less important agents in the child's life, peer groups, and schools increase their importance.

The Potter's House Homes for Children, Inc. serves the needs of the children who may not need parenting as much as peer group interaction and support from positive, mature adults.

The educational needs of the child in this setting are regularly and routinely met in the community; or, in special exceptions at an outside mental health component.