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...
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Bullying toward LGTBQ youth becoming more common
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...

Tulsa parents overcome all obstacles to reunify family
Sasha, 15, and her younger siblings had been in the Laura Dester Shelter for three months when counselors from Youth Villages working with the Department of Human Services met them. The team was looking for children who could be reunited safely with their families, as...

Step by step, Youth Villages helps Sawyer and her mom overcome her refusal to go to school
The anxiety of going to school caused Sawyer, a seventh-grader, to have migraines and become sick…
Reuniting families after addiction: The Brysons push forward to recovery
As teens, Terra Bryson and her husband used drugs some, but they had been clean 10 years and were raising three children when a moment of vulnerability led to relapse. The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services was called about the children’s safety, and...
Olivia finds hope for the future
“I was in, I guess, what you’d call a permanent depressed state,” Olivia said. She was living with an abusive boyfriend and felt she couldn’t leave, couldn’t make her own decisions. “I went through a phase where I couldn’t even eat. My body stopped digesting food...

KiteTales raises $90,000 for Youth Villages Oregon
Andrew Grover, executive director of Youth Villages Oregon welcomed Glenda Anderson and Sister Mary Noreen to KiteTales. Pat and Trudy Ritz presented The Ritz Family Award to The Women’s Auxiliary during Kite Tales. Ritz is a member of Youth Villages’...

New York City, Pittsburgh public agencies and nonprofits launch intensive program to help former foster youth
Nonprofits join Seattle and Philadelphia in unique way to add services for transition-age youthPublic agencies in New York and Pennsylvania will expand services to former foster and transition-age youth through public-private partnerships backed by local and national...

Youth Villages receives grant from Evergreen Foundation
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 10, 2018) – Youth Villages received a $30,000 grant from the Evergreen Foundation in Waynesville. The contribution will support Youth Villages’ YVLifeSet program, in Western North Carolina, which supports young people ages 17-22 who are leaving...
Youth Villages on quest to find ‘Holiday Heroes’ for children receiving care in North Carolina
CONTACT: Tara Robertson, Public Relations Manager tara.robertson@youthvillages.org | 803-528-7373CHARLOTTE – Youth Villages is seeking Holiday Heroes for more than 400 children who are receiving care in North Carolina. A Holiday Hero helps fulfill the holiday...