Facility profile Oklahoma
New Lifehouse Academy
Also known as Teen Challenge New Lifehouse
New Lifehouse Academy was a fundamentalist religious home in Eucha, Oklahoma, operated by Teen Challenge. It operated from 2011 to 2013.
About New Lifehouse Academy
Also drawn on: Unsilenced, "Teen Challenge New Lifehouse".
News coverage
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An Oklahoma boarding school promised help for troubled girls. Students say they got punishment instead.
Ashlynd Baecht's investigation of New Lifehouse Academy, an unlicensed Christian program for girls in rural Oklahoma: restraint, food restriction and unpaid labor, by former students' accounts.
Former students of New Lifehouse Academy, a faith‑based boarding program in rural Oklahoma, allege that the facility employed physical restraint, food restriction, forced labor, and inappropriate sexual advances rather than providing therapeutic care. The program is not licensed to deliver mental‑health treatment and is the subject of pending federal lawsuits alleging violent restraint and forced labor.
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How a private Christian program for “troubled” and “depressed” girls operates with little state oversight
New Lifehouse Academy, a faith‑based boarding program for girls in rural Oklahoma, operates without a state mental‑health license and is not supervised by the Oklahoma Department of Education. Former students reported isolation, physical punishment, and lasting harm, while the organization states it follows required abuse‑reporting protocols.
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Investigation of New Lifehouse Academy practices in Oklahoma
Former students of New Lifehouse Academy reported that the facility employed physical restraints, food restrictions, unpaid labor, and close monitoring of communications. The school, operated by Adult & Teen Challenge of Oklahoma, is not licensed to provide mental‑health treatment and describes its approach as unapologetically Christian.
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Allegations of Food Restriction, Physical Restraint, and Forced Labor at New Lifehouse Academy in Oklahoma
Former students of New Lifehouse Academy in rural Oklahoma allege that the facility employed food restriction, physical restraint, and unpaid labor as disciplinary measures. A federal lawsuit filed in July 2026 claims the program, operated by Adult & Teen Challenge of Oklahoma, engaged in violent restraint, forced exercise, and sexual misconduct, and the school operates without state child‑care licensure.
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