Mississippi
Youth Villages provides intensive in-home and LifeSetTM program models in Mississippi.
Programs
Provided to Mississippi
Lifeset™
Helping young adults make a successful transition to adulthood
Specialized Crisis Services
Providing specially trained, crisis counselors 24 hours a day
Our Results
- Youth living at home or independently 1 year after discharge: 94%
- Youth in school and/or employed 1 year after discharge: 86%
- Youth reporting no trouble with the law 1 year after discharge: 88%
- Overall satisfaction with Youth Villages: 92%
Figures represent data gathered in FY19 for all youth served for more than 60 days across all programs.
It was a year of record growth and innovation for Youth Villages.
6,241
youth served in Mississippi
Help create lasting change in Mississippi
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You can provide a direct, positive force in the lives of young people being treated through Youth Villages at our residential campuses and beyond.
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stories of hope
Helping children and families live successfully
Meet Our New LifeSet Supervisor!
Youth Villages is excited to welcome Amanda Matthews as the new supervisor for LifeSet in Oregon. We are so grateful to have Amanda lead LifeSet as we begin 2022, a year with ambitious growth goals for the program.
Organization is the key
Kiara is a busy young lady. A single mother, Kiara takes care of her 8-year-old daughter, Kyra. She also attends college full time, taking prerequisites to pursue a nursing degree. Additionally, she works full time in an overnight job with Memphis-based FedEx.
Mentors, mentees connect through ‘nerdom’
When twins Jordan and Devan Brown were in the LifeSet program, Youth Villages paired them with mentors. Instead of just sending someone their way, the twins were allowed to list some qualities they wanted in their mentors.
A Gamechanger for Mental Health
In 2019, 16-year-old Cassidy was in an in-patient mental health center. She struggled for years with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. In just one year, Cassidy was hospitalized for her mental health nine times…
40 Memphis kids are getting brand new beds for Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, 40 Memphis children who share a bed, sleep on a couch or on the floor will soon have new beds to call their own, thanks to…
Youth Villages’ Holiday Heroes receives $5,000 grant from East Tennessee Foundation’s Kress Angel Tree Fund
Youth Villages received an early gift that will be used to forward many presents to others this holiday season. The East Tennessee Foundation…
Holiday Heroes Get An Assist From Memphis Athletics
It was early December and final exams week was on the horizon for the University of Memphis student-athletes. However, they took time out…
Massachusetts distributes 80 percent of money for foster kids
The pandemic has made life much more difficult for young adults aging out of foster care and they need help. Matt Stone, executive director in Massachusetts…
The Neal Family celebrated another adoption!
Remember, Jonathan and Jaywanna Neal adopting Christopher in 2019, well the family celebrated another adoption this past year adopting Maliki in May of 2021, in the middle of the pandemic. The family wasted no time adopting Maliki as soon as he became available for adoption.
Youth Villages Walk for Independence raises $33,500 to help at-risk young adults
In September, 175 walkers virtually traveled across America to raise awareness and funds to support the Youth Villages LifeSet program in the Walk for Independence.
Local Leadership
Amanda Futral
Executive Director, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma
As executive director of Alabama, 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.
Rhonda Stempkovski
State Director, Mississippi Community-Based Programs
Adrian James
Assistant Director - MYPAC
Paige McCormick
Assistant Director
Local Board
Marquis Arterberry
President & CEO
ProCore Security
Tracy Diez
Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Magnolia Federal Credit Union
Deidra Johnson
Psychiatric nurse
VA Medical Center
Ravi Raju
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Exceleron Software Inc.
Stephanie Rippee
Attorney
Watkins and Eager PLLC
Susan Smith
Pediatric Nurse
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Francis Springer
Attorney
Springer Law Firm
Frankie Springer
Legal Assistant
Springer Law Firm
Amanda Tollison
Attorney
Butler Snow
LOCATIONS
Biloxi
1641 Popps Ferry Road, Suite A1
Biloxi, MS 39532
Directions
Contact
Phone: 228-354-9700
Fax: 228-354-9701
Brookhaven
Contact
Phone: 601-572-3700
Columbus
Contact
Phone: 662-840-3008
Greenwood
200 E. Washington Street, Suite 130
Greenwood, MS 38930
Directions
Contact
Phone: 662-459-2240
Fax: 662-459-2241
Hattiesburg
15 Professional Parkway, Suite 200
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
Directions
Contact
Phone: 601-271-7600
Fax: 601-271-7601
Hernando
1558 Monteith, Suites A+B
Hernando, MS 38632
Directions
Contact
Phone: 662-449-7440
Fax: 662-449-7441
Jackson
The Atrium Building
805 South Wheatley Street Suite 240
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Directions
Contact
Phone: 601-572-3700
Fax: 601-572-3701
Meridian
2401 Highway 39 N Suite C
Meridian, MS 39301
Directions
Contact
Phone: 601-696-7161
Fax: 601-696-7162
Natchez
Contact
Phone: 601-572-3700
Tupelo
252 S. Veterans Boulevard
Tupelo, MS 38804
Directions
Contact
Phone: 662-840-3008
Fax: 662-841-0337
Vicksburg
Contact
Phone: 601-572-3700
