NORTH CAROLINA
Youth Villages provides a ranges of services in North Carolina including intensive in-home programs Intercept® and Multisystemic Therapy (MST), as well as LifeSet and High Fidelity Wraparound program models.

Programs
Provided to North Carolina

Intercept®
Strengthening families to prevent or limit the need for foster care

Lifeset™
Helping young adults make a successful transition to adulthood

Multisystemic Therapy®
For teens who are at-risk of placement out of home due to anti-social behavior
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.
19,334
youth served in North Carolina
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stories of hope
Helping children and families live successfully
Following the Plan
Youth Villages celebrates an adoption story on National Foster Care Day. Even the best laid plans don’t go as planned, and that also goes for foster care and adoption. However, for Chinishe Ray, her plans to adopt have gone as expected not only once but twice.
Opening Homes & Hearts
Foster parenting sounds intimidating but with support, can be incredibly rewarding. Linzie Mullins, a Youth Villages foster-to-adopt parent in Memphis, was once in your shoes.
Youth Villages experts on the nation’s children’s mental health crisis
The first week of May is Child Mental Health Awareness Week and Youth Villages is sharing advice for parents and signs to look out for that could save lives.
Memphis Allies honors, supports grieving mothers at M.A.M.A.s event
In the spring sunshine of a recent Saturday, Sharika Carpenter remembered her darkest day – the day her 17-year-old son, Braylon Murray, was robbed, shot and killed at a Memphis carwash.
A Letter to Youth Villages
Dear Youth Villages, My name is Amber, and I am 23 years old. I lost my dad at a very young age and grew up with a mother who battled addiction and untreated trauma that led to many mental health problems leaving her incapable of caring for herself or for me.
SWITCH team members have earned the right to be heard…
Troy Dotson’s face tells part of his story… there’s a six-point star with a ‘G’ for Gangster Disciples on his cheek. Two other tattoos there signify the “work” he put in for the gang and his high rank in the organization.
LifeSet gave Shylann tools to cope with anxiety, succeed in school
Imagine this scenario: You’re a dormitory resident assistant (RA) on a college campus. A winter storm comes through, dumping several inches of snow and lowering temperatures below freezing. Then, the dorm’s pipes burst. Suddenly, your residents have no water—to drink, shower or even flush toilets. They all are looking to you for help and guidance.
LifeSet expanding in Missouri — the “Show-Me” State
Julie Lester, chief program officer for the Missouri Alliance for Children and Families (MACF), says the “Show-Me” State not only needed LifeSet but craved something like it. Initial implementation proceeded despite the pandemic, and now MACF is expanding LifeSet to a second location.
LifeSet walks step-by-step with Dallas
Nineteen-year-old Dallas, a young man in southwest Missouri, sees his LifeSet specialist as more than just a health professional working to help him. She’s more like a friend walking with him every step—something he hasn’t always had.
How I got “LifeSetted”: Q&A with Darin Hudson, LPE with Turning Points
Darin Hudson is a Licensed Program Expert with Turning Points, a LifeSet implementing provider based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Darin joined Turning Points in 2014 and has grown his career with LifeSet. In this Q&A, Darin explores his journey from specialist to Licensed Program Expert with the hope of inspiring others to take the opportunity to grow with LifeSet.
Local Leadership

Paul Enderson
Executive Director, North Carolina
As an executive director, Paul Enderson is responsible for program operations in North Carolina. Programs include Intercept in-home counseling, Multisystemic Therapy, LifeSet, wraparound services, medication management, and outpatient assessment and treatment.
Enderson joined Youth Villages in 1999 as an intern. He moved to Knoxville in 2000 to lead the expansion of programs into East Tennessee. He has played a key role in the continued expansion of Youth Villages’ programs and geographic coverage, including leading expansions into the District of Columbia in 2004 and North Carolina in 2005.
Annie Smith
State Director, Community-Based Programs
Erica Ellis
Director, Development
LOCATIONS
Asheville
10 Crispin Court, Suite D-203
Asheville, NC 28803
Directions
Contact
Phone: 828-250-3700
Fax: 828-250-3701
Boone
895 State Farm Road, Bldg. 500, Suite 506
Boone, NC 28607
Directions
Contact
Phone: 828-268-7200
Fax: 828-268-7201
Charlotte
8604 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 152
Charlotte, NC 28269
Directions
Contact
Phone: 704-510-5600
Fax: 704-510-5601
Fayetteville
2018 Fort Bragg Road, Suite 122 A & B
Fayetteville, NC 28303
Directions
Contact
Phone: 910-758-8778
Greensboro
4160 Piedmont Parkway, Suite 107
Greensboro, NC 27410
Directions
Contact
Phone: 336-931-1800
Fax: 336-931-1801
Greenville
2313 Executive Circle, Suite C
Greenville, NC 27834
Directions
Contact
Phone: 252-215-5700
Fax: 252-215-5701
Louisburg
216 North Bickett Blvd., Suite 7
Louisburg, NC 27549
Directions
Contact
Phone: 919-729-0127
Fax: 919-729-0119
Raleigh-Durham
1822 East NC Highway 54, Suite 120
Durham, NC 27713-3210
Directions
Contact
Phone: 919-474-6400
Fax: 919-474-6401
Waynesville
367 Dellwood City Road, Building A, Suite 2-A
Waynesville, NC 28786
Directions
Contact
Phone: 828-454-6140
Fax: 828-454-6141