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Programs & Services Residential Programs Individual treatment in a safe and supportive environment. Learn More Foster Care Foster a little hope. Learn More Adoption Finding forever families. Learn More Community Based Services Keeping families together. Learn More Mentoring Nurturing potential, one friendship at a time. Learn More LifeSet Giving young people the right tools for adulthood. Learn More Crisis Services Providing crisis counselors 24/7. Learn More Residential Programs Individual treatment in a safe and supportive environment. Learn More Foster Care Foster a little hope. Learn More Adoption Finding forever families. Learn More Community Based Services Keeping families together. Learn More Mentoring Nurturing potential, one friendship at a time. Learn More LifeSet Giving young people the right tools for adulthood. Learn More Crisis Services Providing crisis counselors 24/7. Learn More WHERE WE SERVE Created with Raphaël 2.1.0 Created with Raphaël 2.1.0ASMPVIGUPRMICAIDWAORNVAZUTCOMTWYNDSDNEKSNMTXOKMNIAMSLAALKYSCGAMOARTNNCWIILINOHWVVAPANYMEFLAKHIMANH CAREERS Do you share our passion for helping children and families live successfully? Whether you are a licensed counselor, a recent graduate, a professional with experience working with troubled youth, or you’re a current youth mental health counselor, we’ve got a place for you. Learn More Foster Care Janie's Fund Foster Care Janie’s Fund is a partnership created by Steven Tyler with Youth Villages, to bring hope and healing for many of our most vulnerable girls who have suffered the trauma of abuse and neglect. Visit Website Youth Villages Stories Cortez Ingram: Building relationships that heal In Youth Villages’ residential programs They call Cortez Ingram “the child whisperer.” At the Bill’s Place Campus… Read More Fostering was a calling Sometimes, a lot of factors have to align for fostering and adoption to be successful. Read More Embracing the change For newly certified foster parents Travis and Michael VaZant, fostering was on their minds for a long time… Read More Fostering ‘made our family’ Erin and Robert Spivey first thought about becoming foster parents after meeting a teenage girl in foster care… Read More Becoming a Successful Parent – Maddie’s Story At 16 years old, Maddie gave birth to a baby boy. She was living in a small apartment… Read More The Kids Need Love When they set out to foster one child, Angela and Kevin Grant never expected… Read More Youth Villages – Inner Harbour campus: Month of the Military Child April is designated as the Month of the Military Child (MOMC), a time to honor… Read More What to know about sexual assault In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought us many changes: changes in the way we do business… Read More Family of Five Benefits from Youth Villages’ Intercept Program Michael, Jr., a 13-year-old from Oklahoma, his parents and his siblings successfully… Read More At 5, Lance learns skills to control his behavior Lance’s problems began early. By the time he was 5, the little boy had been asked to leave two school programs.. Read More Welcome new Youth Villages Oregon leadership Meet Oregon’s newest board members.. Read More The road to being a successful parent – Natalie’s Story Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their lives… Read More Using Residential Therapy to Change Behaviors For 15-year-old Mashiyah and her family, the journey to the residential program with Youth Villages in Georgia was lengthy and frustrating… Read More At 17, Gloria overcomes tragedy with the help of Youth Villages’ Intercept Many children enter foster care because of a lack of support in a time of family crisis. Youth Villages’ intensive in-home services program, Intercept, provides support… Read More Julia beats the odds Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million… Read More Human Trafficking: It’s Closer Than We Think It is estimated that there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking globally… Read More New York Foundling’s LifeSet program supports Crystal as she reaches toward her parenting, education goals Crystal overcame challenge after challenge growing up. She was in foster care, a strained adoption… Read More Oklahoma Intercept: We Can Go Far When We Work as a Team Everyone will eventually go through rough times in their lives. Life throws curveballs, inevitably… Read More When it comes to adoption, flexibility is key The journey to adoption is sometimes a long and winding road. Such was the case for MacKenely… Read More Missing Puzzle Piece – Jakayla’s story Sometimes, challenges and obstacles are more than parents and children can handle. That was the situation Kamera and her teenage daughter Read More What is Youth Villages doing concerning COVID-19? Youth Villages is carefully monitoring the developments around Novel COVID-19… Read More Mentoring amid COVID Mentors make a powerful difference in the lives of the children served by Youth Villages. The COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial impact on almost every industry and profession Read More LifeSet participants visit Tenn. DCS Commissioner and meet Gov. Lee Six young people participating in LifeSet in middle Tennessee met with Commissioner Jennifer Nichols and Mohamed El-Kaissy, assistant commissioner of Finance/Budget… Read More This is Our Calling Andy and Debbie Watts have fostered children for years, both together as a married couple and before they were married. Read More Four generations of adopting The Jewett-Winter family has a long history of adoption. Pam herself was adopted by her parents, and her mom also was adopted. Read More Learning to be Patient – Neal Family For Middle Tennessee-based Jaywanna Neal, fostering is second nature. Growing up, her mom opened her home to foster children. Read More Arkansas Intercept Success Story Sometimes life throws so many challenges and obstacles at a family that both the parents and kids feel like they have nowhere to turn. Read More Finding her voice – Akeila’s story At the age of five, Akelia Keller had developmental delays and was working through the trauma of being abandoned in infancy. However, she eventually found her forever home with Sheila Keller of Augusta. Read More Job Prep Workshop Helps Young Adults Prepare for Successful Future Each year, approximately 20,000 young adults across the country turn 18 while in foster care. They are preparing to leave foster care – alone – and statistics tell us that doesn’t usually end well, with many experiencing incarceration, homelessness and unemployment. Read More Volunteer Spotlight Middle Tennessee group homes receive large amount of support from local businesses and community. Read More Middle Tennessee COVID-19 Updates COVID...