HARVEYSBURG — Teen Reach, which began in Arizona in 1993, expanded to northern Warren County with help from builder Paul Brothers.

        Mr. Brothers' son, Jason, met Teen Reach president Bobby Torres during his religious studies in Atlanta.

        The Rev. Mr. Torres came to Harveysburg for a visit. By March 2000 a couple on his staff, Ramon and Erica Flores, had moved into a house Mr. Brothers built on Loraine Avenue.

        The program for troubled teens operates under the philosophy that “Jesus can heal your son or daughter from any mental illness (and) deliver them from any addiction,” a Teen Reach flier says.

        It takes in juveniles — sometimes against their will — who've gotten involved with gangs, drugs or other misbehavior and houses them for three or more months.

        The flier advertises a “search and rescue escort service” that picks up uncooperative teens or runaways.

        Teen Reach holds classes and worship services for its 14 or more teens here in a former church Mr. Brothers owns on Clark Avenue.

        The program also uses at least two Clark Avenue homes that Mr. Brothers owns.

        Mrs. Flores runs the school — the American Christian Academy — and Mr. Brothers provides vocational training on his 11-acre farm in nearby Massie Township.

        “We try to provide something that's going to grow, something that's going to educate these kids so we can put them back in their homes, in society,” Mr. Brothers says.

        He says Teen Reach youth are good kids who aren't hurting anyone.

        The program also operates in California and Michigan, the Rev. Mr. Torres says, although California's Department of Social Services says it shut down both homes it heard about in 1998 because Teen Reach isn't licensed there.

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