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TERRIFIC, INC. - Temporary Emergency Residential Resource Institute for Families in Crisis, is an action oriented, 501 (c) 3, non-profit (tax exempt), housing and human service organization whose primary goal is to respond to families in crises. "Families in Crisis" represents any group of persons (i.e. children and adolescents, adults, seniors and families) who share same or similar health, psycho-social-economic ills, housing or discriminatory problems that might prohibit their access to needed services or impede their rights to quality care and human dignity. TERRIFIC, Inc. identifies and develops resources to meet those needs and fosters a continued response to future crises.
As the parent organization, TERRIFIC, Inc. operates several diverse housing, residential care and human service programs. Notably, TERRIFIC, Inc. is the parent organization that operates Grandma’s House®. In November of 1987, in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, TERRIFIC, Inc. established Grandma’s House® “first-in-the-nation,” residential “homes” for abandoned, abused and neglected, prenatally-drug exposed and HIV-infected children. Since inception, TERRIFIC, Inc. has provided loving homes and much needed services for thousands of children and families in crisis, receiving many awards while garnering local, national and international acclaim for vanguard programs and services. Today, Grandma’s House® provide quality residential homes for a new population of teenage girls and boys who have experienced abuse, neglect and other difficult life circumstances. The Grandma’s House® programs seek to provide youth with new goal-oriented and positive perspectives of life.
