House of Hope

WHO WE ARE

House of Hope exists to rescue, renew and restore minor females freed from Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and to fight the factors that allow trafficking to thrive.

House of Hope is 501(3)c faith-based therapeutic safe house with a 12-month program—a place of refuge and recovery— for girls ages 12-18 who have been traumatized by sex trafficking or are at risk of becoming sex trafficking victims. We are licensed by the State of Georgia as a CCI (Child-Caring Institute) and is both a MWO (Maximum Watchful Oversight) designation by OPM and a DMST (Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking) designation by Georgia Cares and the CJCC (Criminal Justice Coordinating Counsel).
Our Story

House of Hope began as an idea placed in the heart and mind of our founder, Darcelle Burandt, in 2007 (get link for full bio by scrolling to the bottom of this page). She spent the next 10 years preparing through obtaining her Master's Degree and License as a Professional Counselor/Therapist.

She also stepped into her own journey to healing from personal trauma through counseling.

It is with this background and training that she began building her team in 2016 and the two-year process to open this safe therapeutic group home.

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Our Founder

Darcelle Burandt, LPC

Executive Director

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• Undergrad in Communications from Kent State University

• Master’s Degree in Family & Consumer Science (Life Skills) from Akron University

• Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University.

• Licensed Professional Counselor

• Trained in Trauma work with Pia Mellody and Dr. Rick Butts

• Trained in Christian Healing Prayer from Christian Healing Ministries

• Trained and mentored for 12 years with Debby Temmer and Centered For Life, a counseling center located in Glynn County, GA

• EMDR Therapy trained under Dr. Neil Schulenburg

Several years ago, I began to sense a calling to become a part of the solution to this ongoing and overwhelming issue facing us in our generation. It is with both a broken heart and great joy that I present to you the House of Hope – a residential program with curriculum designed to integrate mind, body and spirit that will rescue, renew and restore the lives of these precious girls, offering them a future filled with hope.

House of Hope is a dream and a calling that is now a reality thanks to the generosity of family, friends, and this amazing community in the Golden Isles of Coastal Georgia and our friends and partners throughout the US and beyond!