The Youth Villages YVLifeSet program was prominently featured Nov. 19 in The New York Times Sunday edition in the Business section in connection with the release of the annual High Impact Giving Guide from the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. Read the full...
Media Coverage Articles
Local program helps teens aging out of foster care
Memphis' ABC affiliate, Local 24, featured a Good News story about Youth Villages' YVLifeSet program. Hear from YVLifeSet participant Carmill Piggy about her experience with our program, as well as from YVLifeSet specialist Casey Falk. Watch the full...
Expanding its reach: Youth Villages continues to make a difference in real lives
Memphis Daily News' Don Wade recaps the 2017 Youth Villages Annual Employee Conference, including highlights of what's to come in 2018. Read full article here. [.$?*|{}() 0="%91" _i="1" _address="1" theme_builder_area="post_content" /][^; _i="2"...
Youth Villages CEO discusses more Memphis construction, nationwide expansion
The Memphis Business Journal highlighted Youth Villages' recent and upcoming growth both in Memphis and nationwide. Read more here. [.$?*|{}() 0="%91" _i="1" _address="1" theme_builder_area="post_content" /][^; _i="2" _address="2"...
‘Your Williamson’ magazine features profile on Youth Villages
Your Williamson magazine in Nashville, Tennessee, featured a profile on Youth Villages in its November 2017 issue, with a special focus on our adoption program in honor of Adopt Awareness Month. Find our profile on page 56 at this link. [.$?*|{}()...
National campaign encourages families to adopt teens
A new national campaign recently launched to encourage families to adopt older teens. Lakeisha Gomes from Youth Villages' Foster Care program talked with Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman on WREG's Live at 9. Watch here. [.$?*|{}() 0="%91" _i="1"...
Years of systemwide reform result in massive turnaround for Tennessee’s child welfare system
High Ground News in Memphis, Tennessee, covered the Brian A. settlement coming to an end, with focus on the YVLifeSet program. Youth Villages played an integral role in helping the state in its efforts of reform over 20 years. Read the full article here.[.$?*|{}()...
State DCS becomes leader in bringing positive change to child welfare systems
Credit: Commercial Appeal Somewhere, maybe still in Memphis, there is a young man who helped change the lives of thousands of foster children across our state. His name is Brian. In 2000, Brian was 9 years old, removed from family for his own safety, placed in state...
After college, Youth Villages grad goes on to help other children
Former YVLifeSet participant Hannah Harrison graduated from East Tennessee State University. We're excited to say she's joined Youth Villages to continue helping others who experienced similar circumstances. Read the full story here.
Parents learn Plan A, B and C to solve their children’s behavior problems
Youth Villages adopts Collaborative Problem Solving in national partnership with Mass General's Think:Kids His mom thought Neko had been smoking marijuana again. Doing drugs was part of a slew of problems that had gotten him sent to a Tennessee youth detention center,...