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We work with boys ages 14-17 who are dealing with behavioral issues or trauma, but not severe psychological issues or mental deficiencies. Safe Harbor is not free. Tuition is lower than typical therapeutic boarding schools since we are a nonprofit and due to generous donations from our supporters. We do not work with your insurance, though you are welcome to contact your carrier to see if some of the costs may be covered. Contact us by phone or online form below for more information.

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Safe Harbor was founded “accidentally” 30 years ago when a judge asked the founders, Robbie and Doug Smith, to care for a troubled boy on their large sailboat, instead of that boy being sent to juvenile hall for the weekend. The judge, a friend of Doug’s, wouldn’t take “No” for an answer, even though the Smith’s were retired and about to embark on an around-the-world trip on their boat. The success of that weekend triggered more pleas by the judge for the Smith’s to help more boys, until the Smith’s needed more help. A nonprofit program was launched and formalized in 1984. Safe Harbor is now an established charitable nonprofit maritime-based boarding school based in Jacksonville, Florida. It utilizes maritime principles, discipline and seamanship as a therapeutic model for helping turn around at-risk teenage boys. Safe Harbor provides a safe, structured, and exciting alternative to therapeutic boarding schools and harsher juvenile programs.

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Safe Harbor has been featured in People Magazine, and on CBS This Morning, NBC News Today, CNN, and CBN.

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Safe Harbor Maritime Academy

4772 Safe Harbor Way Jacksonville, FL 32226
Phone: (904) 757-7918
Fax: (904) 757-2504
admissions@boyshome.com

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Safe Harbor is a residential program and boarding school that is a lifeline for troubled boys. Learn about our history. Read more »

Featured in People Magazine, and on HALLMARK CHANNEL, CBS This Morning, NBC News Today Show, CNN, CBN and others.

CHARITABLE GIVING INFORMATION:
Safe Harbor Haven Inc dba Safe Harbor Boys Home & Maritime Academy is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization.
State of Florida Charitable Registration Number: CH2422.
Legal Address: 4772 Safe Harbor Way • Jacksonville, FL 32226 Phone: (904)757-7918

Should you need help finding alternative boarding schools, schools for troubled kids, military school for troubled teens, ranches for boys, please let us know. Safe Harbor is among the top therapeutic schools, our therapeutic boarding schools for boys; one of few residential treatment centers and residential schools for teens that is affordable. As a home for troubled boys it serves at-risk boys, we help boys in Florida, Georgia, in Kentucky, in Tennessee, in Missouri, in Louisiana, in Arkansas, and in Texas. Plus, in the Midwest in Michigan, in Ohio, in Indiana and in Illinois. Mostly, troubled teens from homes along the east coast including in Virginia, in North Carolina, in South Carolina, in Pennsylvania, in New Jersey, in Massachusetts and in New York are provided counseling and therapy.

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