Creating a safe haven for Palm Beach County’s runaway children was the goal of The Haven’s founders in 1976. Today, The Haven’s 14-acre campus in Boca Raton provides a home for boys ages 9-17 who have been removed from abusive and neglectful homes and placed in protective care by the state of Florida. Although The Haven is based in Boca Raton, The Haven accepts young men from a wide area of Florida from Palm Beach County west to Fort Myers, north to Orlando and south to Miami-Dade County. The Haven is licensed to serve 36 boys, and annually serves approximately 52-60 unduplicated boys, who reside in homelike cottages, staffed 24/7 by a trained direct care and therapeutic staff. Basic needs are provided as the boys attend school and work in the community. An expanded program incorporates daily life skills instruction, academic counseling and tutoring, individual and group therapy, transitional living skills, and enrichment activities to prepare the boys for independent living. This integrated approach ensures that our boys will acquire the necessary life skills, academic support and emotional health to reunite with their families, join foster families, be adopted or become self-supporting.