AGAPE

AGAPE Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) is a service arm of AGAPE, a Christian social services agency founded in 1967 that also provides adoption placement, crisis maternity counseling, and foster care services. The mission of CPS, to make professional Christian counseling accessible to all in Middle Tennessee who desire it, involves addressing barriers to accessibility such as geography, cost, scheduling convenience, as well as barriers related to language and culture. The funds requested in the application will support 450 professional counseling sessions, monitoring and ongoing training, and advertising/marketing regarding the availability of professional counseling for those with financial challenges. 54 of 90 (60%) of clients seen will achieve a significant increase of 5 or more points and have a total score above 25 on the Outcome Ratings Scale (defined as ”recovered” on the ORS) by their final program funded session.