Our Clinical Program Manager Dr. Jacque Cutillo spoke to Boston 25 News about how to talk to your children about Coronavirus and how it has affected our world…
Media Coverage Articles
Local experts examine how the coronavirus outbreak takes a toll on child mental health
Youth Villages storiesYouth Villages’ Linda Snyder, MD. gives her insights on how to maintain children’s mental health during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more of the CBS 17 story here.Every day, Youth Villages serves thousands of troubled children and their...
Experts encourage families to talk to children about coronavirus pandemic
Youth Villages’ regional supervisor, Cheryl Harris, speaks with Chattanooga’s News Channel 9 on how to effectively speak with your children about the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts suggest talking to your children about current state of COVID-19
As we watch the coverage of the novel COVID-19, you may wonder how to keep your children informed…
Patrick Lawler Reflects on Forty Years at Youth Villages
In 1980, Patrick Lawler was a young probation officer in Tennessee’s Shelby County. Lawler had started his career at just 18 working with boys in a local group home..
Youth Villages partners with video production company to help foster children find a home
Action News 5 stopped by Via Productions in Memphis for a behind-the-scenes look at our adoption video shoots…
Mid-South woman stepping up to mentor hopeful teen waiting for adoption
By Arianna Poindexter | WMCTV5 | January 30, 2020 at 6:29 PM CST - Updated January 30 at 6:43 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - January is National Mentoring Month, a campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities. One Mid-South woman is stepping up to make a...
Program works to ‘Intercept’ young people from life of crime
Without the Youth Villages Intercept program, Johnnie Alvarado knows he would have wound up in prison or, worse, dead…
Local nonprofit highlights need for mentors in Memphis for National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month and Youth Villages, a nonprofit that works with at-risk families, is highlighting the need for mentors in the Memphis area.
Youth Villages Names Jessica Foster Chief Strategy Officer
The appointment is a promotion from within, as Foster has been with the national children’s mental and behavioral health nonprofit for nearly nine years. First hired to serve in various strategy, business development and policy roles, she quickly moved up the ranks of the organization…