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..
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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…
Learn How to Assess a Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Lindsay Pate, licensed psychologist and clinical services program manager at Youth Villages spoke with Focus Mid-South about good health practices and signs of depression in teens. “One of the things we commonly misinterpret at least for young people, is it’s not always the persistent sadness we think of as adult depression,” Dr. Pate said. Learn more about these signs and how to address them here.
You Are Not Alone: Foster care
Reagan tells WBIR News in Knoxville, TN about her journey entering and aging out of foster care. She’s now 19, co-president of a foster care support group, and on her way to study social work at the University of Tennessee.
Multiplying Good to Honor Kristen Bell, Owen Colley, J.C. Hall, Larry Fitzgerald, Patrick Lawler, Dawn Staley, and TOMS with National Jefferson Awards
Honorees will be recognized for extraordinary public service at award ceremonies in New York City and Washington DC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, Feb 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --...
Steven Tyler celebrated third annual Grammy Awards® viewing party Benefiting Janie’s Fund
FEATURING HOST TERRY CREWS AND PERFORMANCE BY GAVIN DeGRAW Click HERE and HERE for Photos (Credit: Getty Images) Click HERE for Video (Credit: Getty Video) Exclusive Gala Raised More than $2.4 Million for Janie’s Fund LOS ANGELES, CA (January 27, 2020) – Last night,...
Aging out of foster care: Why it happens and how social workers can help
Youth Villages was featured as an expert in the December issue of Social Work Today…
Bill’s Place bringing 200 jobs to Memphis area
Youth Villages’ new expansion, Bill’s Place, was recently featured in two media stories focused on growth and hiring…
If you had $25 million to give away, who would get it?
Katherina Rosqueta, executive director, Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy mentioned one national nonprofit: Youth Villages…
Youth Villages honors Amy Linthicum with Clarence Day Legacy Award
Memphian and local Crye-Leike realtor Amy Linthicum was recently selected as the recipient of the 2019 Clarence Day Legacy Award at Youth Villages…