Arkansas
Youth Villages provides our Intercept® intensive in-home services and LifeSetTM program models in Arkansas.
Programs
Provided to Arkansas
Intercept®
Strengthening families to prevent or limit the need for foster care
Lifeset™
Helping young adults make a successful transition to adulthood
Our Results
- Overall satisfaction with Youth Villages: 92%
- Youth living at home or independently 1 year after discharge: 89%
- Youth in school and/or employed 1 year after discharge: 97%
- Youth reporting no trouble with the law 1 year after discharge: 97%
Figures represent data gathered in FY22-24 for all youth served for more than 60 days across all programs.
It was a year of record growth and innovation for Youth Villages.
Additional Resources
Arkansas
Fact Sheet
2,137
youth served in Arkansas
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stories of hope
Helping children and families live successfully
Update: Here’s a report from two of our Lived Experience Grant recipients
Over the past two years, Youth Villages supported eight nonprofit organizations led by individuals with lived experience in child welfare systems who are improving outcomes for transition-age young people through programming, advocacy and systems reform.
Want to improve outcomes for young adults leaving foster care? Here’s the playbook…
Despite some advances in support, young people who leave foster care at 18 continue to face critical challenges, including barriers to stable housing, access to basic assistance, opportunities for quality jobs and consistent educational support.
5 Mississippi youth courts receive grants from New Allies
Youth courts in Bolivar, Marion, Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties in Mississippi will be able to provide a range of innovative supports and evidence-based services to families through funding from New Allies, the consulting and technical assistance initiative of Youth Villages.
Map2Impact – Child welfare leaders make critical funding decisions every day. Here’s a new way to make those investments count.
Researcher Fred Wulczyn doesn’t have a crystal ball, but he believes a new initiative with Youth Villages may help child welfare leaders see a better future for their systems – and chart a course to get there.
Partners launch Youth Villages’ Intercept program model in Texas, Wisconsin
Nonprofits in Texas and Wisconsin are now helping children and families through Youth Villages’ evidence-based Intercept® program model. Texas.
4 Kentucky libraries receive $200,000 to increase support for families
Four Kentucky libraries will offer extra support to families this summer and fall through grants from a collaboration between the Kentucky Department of Community-Based Services (DCBS), libraries across the state and New Allies, which is part of the national nonprofit Youth Villages.
5 Mississippi youth courts receive grants to increase services for families
JACKSON, Miss. (Aug. 13, 2025) – Youth courts in Bolivar, Marion, Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties will provide a range of innovative and evidence-based services and support to families through funding from New Allies, a part of national nonprofit Youth Villages.
A second chance for Amanda and Jack
When Amanda landed in the ICU due to complications from alcoholism, her 9-year-old son, Jack, faced the very real possibility of being removed from his home.
Helping kids gear up: Youth Villages’ Backpack Drive is back
(Woburn, MA) Youth Villages is kicking off its yearly Backpack Heroes initiative, aiming to equip children in its care with brand-new backpacks and essential school supplies to help them begin the academic year feeling prepared and empowered.
Helping young children adjust to new school routines
With back-to-school season right around the corner, Dr. Lindsay Pate is helping families get ready—especially those with young children starting daycare, preschool or Mother’s Day Out programs for the first time.
LOCATIONS
Little Rock
9714 Maumelle Blvd
North Little Rock, AR 72113
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Fayetteville
2901 E Zion Road, Suite 11
Fayetteville, AR 72703
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Contact
Phone & Fax: 479-396-4160
Local Leadership
Amanda Futral
Executive Director – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma
As executive director of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma, Amanda Futral oversees Youth Villages’ Intercept in-home counseling, therapeutic foster care, LifeSet and mentoring programs in those areas.
Futral joined the staff of Youth Villages in 1999 as a family counselor in Paris, Tennessee, and was soon promoted to clinical supervisor. In 2002, she became senior clinical supervisor in Columbia, Tennessee. She went on to serve as regional supervisor in Clarksville, Dickson and Nashville. In 2007, she was promoted to regional manager of Nashville Intercept and foster programs for Youth Villages. She became Nashville director in 2009.
Futral earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Memphis and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Trevecca University.
Joshua Buck
State Director
