Facility profile Mississippi

Lighthouse Children’s Home

Closed Kosciusko, Mississippi

At a glance

Address: Kosciusko, MS 39090
Operated: 1978 to 2014; source
Serves: Female, ages 5 to 18

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Lighthouse Children’s Home was a program in Kosciusko, Mississippi. It operated from 1978 to 2014.

About Lighthouse Children’s Home

It closed in 2014.source

It was a Roloff Home, on a list of affiliated programs.source It locations in Costa Rica, India, Mexico and Panama, with directors named.source

Staff

Administration

Don Swonger

Former Director (1992)source
Larry Neff

Former Founder (1992)source
Paula Neff

Former Co-Founder (1992)source

Notable staff

Angela Platt

Former Directorssource
Arnon Heyden

Former Teachersource
Claudia Swonger

Former Maintenancesource
Diane Holcomb

Former Dorm Parentsource
Farida Camacho

Former Cook (1992)source
Jack Earlenbaugh

Former Staffsource
Joseph Platt

Former Teacher/Preachersource
Ken Holcomb

Former Dorm Parentsource
Kristina Heyden

Former Teachersource
Lina Marie White

Former Secretarysource
Lotti Mayo

Former Staffsource
Maureen Earlenbaugh

Former Staffsource
Paul Platt

Former Directorssource
Ron Black

Former Ministerssource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Cherokee Creek Boys School Founder, Owner
Sarah Platt

Former Teachersource
Tara Black

Former Ministerssource

Rules and practices

Practices

Restraint
Seclusion or isolation
Level system
Strip searches
Forced medication
Behavior contracts
Confrontation groups
Limits on contact with family

Reporting this program

This program closed in 2014, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Mississippi reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.