About Us - Southeastern Children's Home

From our Executive Director

In Psalm 139, David spends several verses praising God for His creation, stating that humans are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” It’s a powerful piece of Biblical poetry that speaks directly to the preciousness of life and the care with which God has created us. At Southeastern Children’s Home (SECH), the value we all have as children of God drives us in our work every day. It is at the core of who we are and what inspires us to strive to be the model Christian-based organization for strengthening children and families in the Carolinas.

The mission of Southeastern Children’s Home is to provide care to needy children and families through group home care, foster care, adoption, maternity care, and counseling. The people we serve by living out that mission are, we believe, all fearfully and wonderfully made. With your help and support, we will continue to be able to make a difference in the lives of the families and children God has brought our way.

Brad Brooks
Executive Director

Meet our staff

Brad Brooks, Executive Director

Brad Brooks serves as the Executive Director of Southeastern Children’s Home and Counseling Center. Brad is an avid San Francisco 49ers fan and a running enthusiast. He has previously served as both a Case Manager, Education Instructor, and Director of Social Services for Southeastern Children’s Home.

He has a Bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University and a Master’s Degree from Converse College.

He and his wife, Katie, have four children: Reese, Ellie, Hattie, and Will. Email Brad
Robert Kimberly, Executive Director Emeritus and Counselor

Robert serves as a counselor of Southeastern Counseling Center and is the Executive Director Emeritus. Robert has a B.S. in Social Work from Lipscomb University and an M.A. in Human Services from Nova University.

He is a South Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, a National Board Certified Counselor, and a Licensed Adoption Investigator.

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Visit www.southeasterncounseling.com
Curt Harbuck, Director of Development

Curt is the Director of Development for Southeastern Children’s Home. Curt has worked to serve young people and their families for decades as board member and weekly camp director for Palmetto Bible Camp in Marietta SC. He has many years of business experience and is excited be a part of the work of SECH.

Curt has a bachelor’s degree from Freed-Hardeman University and an MBA from Webster University.

Curt and his wife, Cynthia, have grown daughters, Allie and Caitlin.

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Caitlin Harbuck, Foster Care Supervisor

Caitlin is a Case Manager at Southeastern Children’s Home. She loves coffee, books, and board games. She was previously a social services intern at SECH as well as a youth ministry intern at Central Church of Christ. She graduated from Charleston Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2022 and is excited to be a part of the ministry of Southeastern Children’s Home.

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Page Brannon, Development Associate

Page is a Development Associate at Southeastern Children’s Home. She has been a part of Southeastern Children’s Home since March 1, 2023, and loves interacting with the children on the SECH campus. She is currently taking on more responsibility within the organization such as event planning. Page currently lives in Greenville, SC with her husband, Mitchell. She loves walking her German Shepherd, Raven, and playing pickle ball.

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Administration and Foster Parents
Administration

Bookkeeper: Mark Audia

Foster Parents

Kimberly Cottage: Shirley Duke

Smith Cottage: Johnathan and Amanda Bailey

Senn Cottage: Bill and Emily Wireman
Board Members

Tracy VanHamme – Board Chair. Fort Mill, SC

Dr. Jim Alston. Hodges, SC – Vice Chair

Darvin Helvy. Spartanburg, SC – Treasurer

Chip Holton. Lexington, SC – Secretary

Eric Bitting. Rock Hill, SC

Stephen Bradshaw. Abbeville, SC

Jim Cain. Simpsonville, SC

Chris Counts. Summerville, SC

Jon Gaminde. Chesnee, SC

Ted Gantt. Aiken, SC

Dr. Jim Gill. Savannah, GA

Larry Salley. Charleston, SC

Chuck Thigpen. Simpsonville, SC

Wanda Williams – Secretary. Simpsonville, SC

Joseph Manning, Emeritus Board Member

Dr. George Glenn, Emeritus Board Member

Find out more

Employment Opportunities
Printable employment application
Foster Parent
Director of Counseling
Staff Therapist
SECH Brochure
Mission, Vision and Values
Mission

Southeastern Children’s Home and Counseling Center is a Christian-based organization that provides care to needy children and families through group home care, foster care, adoption, maternity care, and counseling.

Vision

Southeastern Children’s Home and Counseling Center aspires to become the model Christian-based organization for strengthening children and families in the Carolinas.

Values

We value a Christ-like acceptance of the children and families we serve – learning to take people as they are, even if we don’t approve of the way they are.

We value safety and honor the importance of providing a physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe place.

We value family, doing everything we do for children in the context of a family unit.

We value discipline, which we define as training, guiding, and praising to promote right actions.

We value the power of example, because we understand that we lead most powerfully by example rather than words.

We value compliance with the law, recognizing our Christian responsibility to willingly obey and comply with all civil and spiritual laws.

We value our historical association with the Church of Christ, and see the salvation of souls as our highest calling and ambition.

We value stewardship, understanding that we honor God when we make careful and prudent use of the resources He provides.

We value quality care, which we define as providing for the four-fold development of children and families in our care: Physical, Intellectual, Social, and Spiritual.

Approved by the Board of Directors 5/17/08
Accreditations and Associations
Financial Information
Privacy Policy

It is the policy of Southeastern Children’s Home, Inc. to protect the confidential nature of all information on clients of this agency. No board member, staff member, or volunteer shall directly or indirectly disclose any confidential information, for so long as it shall remain protectable as confidential, except as may be necessary for the performance of his/her duties with Southeastern Children’s Home. “Confidential Information” shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding foster, residential, and references or other information received on foster, residential or applicants to be foster, or residential parents. This privacy policy applies to all offline and online contributions.

Southeastern Children’s Home Policy on Privacy

It is the policy of Southeastern Children’s Home, Inc. to disclose the privacy practices for www.sech.org . This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.

Use of Cookies:
a. Southeastern Children’s Home uses performance cookies to help monitor the traffic generated from visits to the website. However, these cookies do not tell Southeastern Children’s Home who a visitor is, the visitor’s name, email addresses or passwords.
b. Southeastern Children’s Home does not collect any personal information and does not use cookies for advertising purposes.

Use of Information:
a. Southeastern Children’s Home only collects personal information if sent directly to the organization by completing an online form or generating an email. Information may be used for organization communication. You may opt out.
b. Southeastern Children’s Home will not provide or sell to any third party your personal information and will keep the information confidential.

Security:
a. Southeastern Children’s Home takes precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
b. We do not collect your credit card information. Donations are made through a third party site with safety in place.
c. Our employees who access your information for a specific job (for example, donating or billing) are protected under our confidentiality policy.
d. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Updates:

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted to this page.

If you feel we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (864) 439-0259 or via email to info@sech.org.
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