Courage House
Block by Block

Building Blocks To Help Abused Children Nationally

In 1989, the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation formulated the Courage House National Support Network for Kids. The Courage House logo represents the partnership effort among the Foundation, the NFL, NFL Charities, the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), NFL Films, the Pro Football Hall of Fame and NFL Alumni. This partnership demonstrates compassion and a commitment to heightening awareness of the issue of child abuse in our country while working to help improve the lives of children who suffer from such mistreatment. Upon joining the National Support Network, each Courage House receives The George Young National Grant and is presented a Courage House plaque for display at their facility.

Named after the NFL team in a respective city, a Courage House is a facility that provides support and quality care for abused children and their families in that community. Since it is traditionally an existing facility, the Courage House's prevailing identity and standing are augmented, not eliminated, by forming this partnership with its respective NFL franchise and the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation (i.e. the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Courage House at Holy Family Institute).

How do Courage Houses help?

Courage Houses offer programs that promote a healing, informative and preventive curriculum.

The children who receive care from the Courage Houses are children who have belonged to a "family in crisis" and are in dire need of professional therapy, guidance, nurturing, general support, mental health counseling, vocational/educational training and abusive behavior management therapy.

The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation  directly helps the Courage Houses better reach their goals by providing the facilities with funding, access to unique programs and services, grant opportunities with corporate and individual philanthropists, marketing and educational tools and much more. Last year alone, Courage Houses served more than 100,000 abused and neglected children.