Our mission is to cultivate healthy futures for children, families, and their communities through the consistency of providing a safe, stable, child centered, and family like environment. 

Our vision is a continuum of care for children and adolescents focused on core values and commitment to quality.

 Child focused - we practice an uncompromised commitment to the needs of children.

 Safety and security - we work every minute of every day to create a safe, predictable environment. 

 Staff - They are the foundation of our success and our most valuable resource.

 Relationships - We focus on building, maintaining, preserving, and teaching healthy relationships.

Leadership - our goal is to inspire and develop more leaders through unbiased accountability. 

Reputation - we value our established reputation of integrity, honesty, and transparency.

Hittle House

774 Internet Dr

Columbus, OH 43207

Phone: 614 443-5454

Fax: 614 737-5248

Alt: 614 214-8840

Residential and Outpatient Care For Males ages 9-17:

• Children with sexual behavior problems
• Children that abuse
• Children with severe trauma 

Hittle House is a childen's residential center that provides therapeutic and educational services to adolescent boys that suffer from  all forms trauma. This small and specialized residential care facility serves children from 9 to 17 years of age. Our services are safe and secure, providing placement agencies with a highly qualified and structured team approach to care.

Hittle House is committed to providing Ohio with state of the art, gender specific, professional care in behavioral and educational services for adolescents. This is accomplished through promoting behavioral, spiritual, mental and interpersonal growth in a safe and secure program that emphasizes healthy and appropriate sexual health.

Family involvement is a crucial component of the therapeutic program at Hittle House. We provide family education and support groups, family therapy, and weekly visitation. Please ask us about our transportation assistance program.

We have two programs currently: 

Intensive Child Trauma Center (ICTC) 20 bed

Children with problematic sexual behavior (adjudicated & non-adjudicated) 31 bed

Open since 2008, Hittle House is an Ohio children's residential center that is:

• Licensed by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
• Certified by the Ohio Department of Youth Services
• Accredited by the National Council on Accreditation
• Certified by the Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services