Charlotte, NC – (April 1, 2025) – Youth Villages, a nonprofit organization providing services to address children’s mental and behavioral health needs, today announced it was awarded a $1.1 million grant to expand its evidence-based Intercept program in South Carolina.
Julie Lester, chief program officer for the Missouri Alliance for Children and Families (MACF), says the “Show-Me” State not only needed LifeSet but craved something like it. Initial implementation proceeded despite the pandemic, and now MACF is expanding LifeSet to a second location.
This story appears in the December 12, 2017 issue of Forbes. Youth Villages is listed at No. 5 on the top 'big bets' from 2016 for Blue Meridian Group's gift to help expand YVLifeSet. "LARGE FORTUNES beget large gifts, and more than ever, prominent...