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History of Summit House
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- Summit House evolved from the efforts of a group of community volunteers concerned about the detrimental effects of incarceration on children with imprisoned mothers. With a goal of keeping families together while working to rehabilitate the mothers, Summit House admitted its first family in September 1987 to its Greensboro NC facility.
- Summit House, a one-of-a-kind program when it began in 1987, continues to serve as a national model. In fact, even today, there are only nine other states who have a program similar to Summit House- many of them replicated from the Summit House model.
- New facilities opened in Charlotte and Raleigh in 1995 when the dramatic impact of the program caught the attention and imagination of elected officials and other community leaders in North Carolina. Given the demand for effective rehabilitative services, in 1994 the NC General Assembly awarded recurring funding for Summit House, making expansion possible.
- A Day Reporting component was added to the Summit House-Piedmont site in 1994. This program serves Guilford County women offenders who do not need the residential program but do benefit from structure and support.
- Recognized by the President’s Service Award in 1996 and an Improvement of Justice Award (American Corrections Association) in 1998, Summit House continues to be widely recognized as a national model for community corrections programs.
- An organizational evaluation led to re-structuring in 2004, allowing each site to become an affiliate of Summit House, Inc. and to maintain individual governing and fundraising Boards of Directors. At the same time, each of the sites adheres to an Operating Agreement to ensure uniform administrative policies and procedures as well as consistent standards of program delivery.
- The current affiliate structure has fostered a strong team approach with all sites working cooperatively to achieve the Summit House mission of breaking the multigenerational cycle of crime, poverty, and substance abuse by intervening in and strengthening the lives of non-violent female offenders and their children.
- During its almost 20 years, Summit House has served hundreds of women and children and has saved the taxpayers of North Carolina millions of dollars. We appreciate your support as we continue to grow into the future.
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