YVLifeSet Helps Dylan Ride the Waves of Life Toward SuccessPeople often gawk at Dylan as he rides through North Shore towns on one wheel.Dylan became involved with the Department of Children and Families when he was 13. There was physical abuse at home. He quit...
Memphis, Tennessee (June 26, 2019) – Youth Villages is seeking Backpack Heroes for more than 10,000 children who are receiving care in Indiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The Backpack Heroes...
Spring Celebration Raises Nearly $1m to Support YVLifeSet, Honors Board Member Kevin Tabb, M.D., of Beth Israel Lahey HealthKevin Tabb (left) receives a gift onstage during Youth Villages' Spring Celebration.Youth Villages Massachusetts and New Hampshire honored Kevin...
Youth Villages is striving to transform child welfare systems across the country to bring more effective services to children, families and young people.In Oregon, legislation is being considered that will help in this endeavor. Recent stories by Oregon Public...
Youth Villages CEO Patrick Lawler penned “From the Field” in December’s American Public Human Services Association’s Policy and Practice magazine.The column describes Youth Villages’ drive to ensure that older foster youth get the intensive, comprehensive help they...
According to the Childhood Domestic Violence Association, it is estimated that more than 5 million children in the U.S. witness domestic violence in the home each year.
Public-private partnerships with Youth Villages fuel drive to help U.S. foster youth transition to adulthoodMEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 23, 2018) – Youth Villages is awarding $10 million in matching grants to four jurisdictions to expand services for transition-age foster...
Today, Melissa is in college, studying for a career in criminal justice, where she hopes to be able to help young people who’ve led troubled lives. “She’s the very definition of a successful young woman,” says Heather Thompson, who was her counselor at Youth Villages...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 15, 2018) – Youth Villages is reaching out to community members to sponsor a child in need this holiday season through its annual Holiday Heroes campaign. The organization’s Holiday Heroes campaign in Eastern Tennessee, where Youth Villages...
Starting school is hard for many youth, especially those who are victims of bullying. Bullying most often occurs at school and can be in the form of verbal, social, physical and cyber-bullying. “We see an uptick in crisis calls made during the first couple months of...