Pillars of Hope Academy is Located in Costa Rica. This group continues in a tradition of saving young men and women's lives and often shares services with the Carolina Springs School. This is a 17 year old or greater and level 3 or better school and thus the student will attend Carolina Springs first to obtain the proper level before proceeding to Costa Rica. If a student has attended and obtained a level 3 from any of the other schools they are also eligiable for this program after a transition stay at Carolina Springs. The advantage of this program is the costs are less and are reflected in the pricing to the parents. In addition the Costa Rica program supports a satillite college campus and provides freshman and sophmore college credit classes while attending there. This will ultimately help the student and give the self confidence to finish a college study and profession.