Campagna Academy in Schererville Indiana and Gibault Children's Services, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, have entered a merger agreement. Together, both agencies will further their goal of developing increased synergy and a seamless continuum of services to at‐risk youth. Under this partnership, Michele Madley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gibault Inc., will become the CEO of Campagna Academy as Campagna Academy will operate under the umbrella of Gibault, Inc. "The Board of Directors of Campagna Academy and Gibault have studied and considered its mission, continuity, and opportunities to provide a seamless transition of…Read more

  Schererville, IN, Campagna Academy is excited to announce the promotion of LeKeesha Edwards to Chief Operation Officer (COO). As COO LeKeesha will have the primary responsibility of overseeing the Human Resources Department, Community Based Services, and Residential Services including: Private Secure Residential Program, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Residential Program, Emergency Shelter Care and Open Residential Services. ‘LeKeesha has been a key part of our team and we are thrilled to promote her to this position within our agency,” shared Elena Dwyre, CEO of Campagna Academy. LeKeesha joined Campagna Academy in 2015 as our Foster…Read more

Campagna Academy announced it is launching a leadership training program in partnership with the Leadership Institute at Purdue Northwest that will focus on leadership development for ten selected leaders within their organization. This unique training program will include leadership development presentations and activities facilitated by the team at the Leadership Institute which include leadership experts from both the academic and business world. The seminars will include the latest evidenced-based leadership content and learning activities to create experiences that strengthen leadership skills. “It is our hope that this research-based, customized leadership training will provide…Read more

Schererville, IN - Campagna Academy announced it has received a $20,000 grant from The Legacy Foundation to support their Safety and Slumber Project.   Campagna Academy was founded 75 years ago as Hoosier Boys' Town. Today Campagna continues as a mission-centered, vision-inspired, "for-impact" organization that still believes the world can be changed one child at a time. Their programs include Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Residential, Open Residential, Secure Residential, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF), Emergency Shelter Care and offer a Diagnostic & Evaluation Program. They also have an IOP Substance Abuse Treatment Program, Therapeutic Foster…Read more

Region of giving - NWI Times  By: Carrie Steinweg Times Correspondent Times Article For 74 years, Campagna Academy has enriched the lives of youth In 1947, Rev. Michael Campagna saw a need to care for vulnerable youths. He established Hoosier Boys’ Town and worked toward a mission of restoring hope and building dreams among the Region’s at-risk youth. The mission continues to this day. “He wanted to have a home for orphans and for children that needed families,” said Elena Dwyre, CEO of Campagna Academy, to which the facility was renamed in 2001.…Read more

Northwest Indiana Business Magazine OCTOBER 1, 2021 – BY CARRIE NAPOLEON  https://nwindianabusiness.com/article/direction-for-youth-october-november-2021/ For almost three-quarters of a century, Campagna Academy has remained true to its mission of restoring hope and building dreams for Northwest Indiana’s youth. Campagna Academy was honored in June by Gov. Eric Holcomb with the Governor’s Half Century Business Award. The Campagna Academy Hope Center (shown here) is in Schererville. (Provided by Campagna Academy) The way that mission is carried out may have changed over the years but the dedication to the Region’s youth has never wavered. “We are definitely changing in…Read more

Campagna Academy, other nonprofits asking state to restore 3% cut in funding: ‘There seems to be a misunderstanding of what a 501C3 designation is...’ By PHILIP POTEMPA POST-TRIBUNE | AUG 27, 2021    https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-schererville-campagna-funds-st-0829-20210827-kf5yvcz3rzaz5mfbis2ju6nite-story.html The scrolling sign at the main entrance of Campagna Academy in Schererville includes a message urging the need for foster parents for some of the 140 youth who reside at the residential treatment care center, which is facing a more than $300,000 budget shortfall in 2021 because of a snag in state funding. (Philip Potempa / Post-Tribune)     A deficit hole…Read more