We Help Families Find Faith-Based Recovery.
And Each Other.
Free referrals. Local support groups. Bible-based resources. Serving Virginia families since 2000.
Find Answers for Your Situation
What We Do
Addiction Touches the Whole Family. We’re Here for All of It.
Do you or your loved one need help?
When you call SVTC, you’re not calling a hotline. You’re talking to someone who has personally walked through addiction and recovery. We listen to your situation, ask the right questions, and help you find the Teen Challenge or faith-based program that fits. No cost. No waitlist. No intake process. Just a conversation.
Talk to SomeoneYou need people who understand.
A 9-week support group for parents and spouses walking through a loved one’s addiction. This group uses the Living Free Concerned Persons curriculum, a Christ-centered program used by churches and recovery ministries nationwide. Small. Closed. Faith-based. Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM in Mount Jackson.
Join the GroupAnswers for Families Who Don’t Know What to Do Next
Bible verses for depression, grief, and addiction. Guides on setting boundaries, enabling, and choosing a recovery program. Stories from families and graduates who made it through. All free.
Find Answers for Your SituationYou didn’t cause it. You can’t cure it. But you don’t have to carry it alone.
Concerned Persons Group
A 9-week support group for families of addicts
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM · Starts May 5 · Free · Mount Jackson, VA
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Who We Are
Meet Justin & Ashley Franich
Directors, Shenandoah Valley Adult Teen Challenge
SVTC was founded in 2000 by Rev. John Franich in a one-room office in the Shenandoah Valley. Today, his son Justin, a Teen Challenge graduate clean since 2005, leads the ministry alongside his wife Ashley.
When you call SVTC, you’re not calling a case manager. You’re talking to someone who has been where your loved one is and who has watched a family survive what yours is going through right now.
Rob Grant, SVTC’s Community Engagement Director, is also a Teen Challenge graduate. He takes family referral calls, mentors men in early recovery, and co-hosts the Rebuilding Life After Addiction podcast.
We are not a residential program. We don’t admit people. What we do is walk alongside families. In the crisis, through the program search, and after placement. As long as you need us.
Local Help
Addiction Help Across the Shenandoah Valley
SVTC connects families to faith-based recovery programs from Harrisonburg to Winchester, Front Royal to Staunton. Free addiction help and recovery resources for every community in the Valley. Call 540-213-0571 or find your area below.
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Rebuilding Life After Addiction
Real conversations for people rebuilding life after addiction and for the families walking with them. Recovery, identity, marriage, parenting, and faith in real time, from people who have actually lived it.
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Whether you need to find a program, join a local group, or just talk to someone who understands what your family is going through. This is the right place.