Every child should have the opportunity to reach for their dreams. Over 35 years, Youth Villages has worked to radically improve the lives of children across the country through an array of program models and services built around preserving and restoring families.
For many children, the path to adulthood is rough. We have a responsibility to do better. Preserving and strengthening families can allow children to grow up safely in their own homes without the trauma of family separation, and effective services can be the bridge to adulthood for young people who leave foster care alone. Decades of experience and research have taught us this: a family does a better job of raising a child than the state.
We provide and advocate for innovative, evidence-based, family-focused services designed to bring help and hope to children and their families, as well as proven services for young adults turning 18 in foster care.
His journey began in his high school. She entered foster care at 4 years old and was adopted at 9. When mentoring is mentioned, thoughts quickly go to being a friend or a buddy for a child or youth. Mentoring also conjures up images of playing board games, throwing a football or softball, going out to eat or doing arts and crafts. Every year in the United States, only half of the number of children who enter the child welfare system are reunified with family. The goal of foster care is for families to be reunited after the necessary steps have been taken to ensure the well-being of the household.
Meet Ruby, a student at a local community college in Wilmington, North Carolina. Do you share our passion for helping children and families live successfully?
