Youth Villages

Youth Villages provides help for children and young people across the United States who face a wide range of emotional, mental and behavioral problems. We work to find solutions using proven treatment models that strengthen the child’s family and support systems and dramatically improve their long-term success. Youth Villages directly helps tens of thousands of young people and their families every year and increases our impact through partnerships and advocacy.

HELP CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
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. We do what works — partner with others to expand our reach and advocate for positive, long-term change in child welfare, juvenile justice and children’s mental health systems.

As a leader in the field of children’s mental and behavioral health, Youth Villages earns its status as one of the nation’s most promising results-oriented nonprofits, as recognized by Harvard Business School, U.S. News & World Report and The White House.

Youth Villages is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children with emotional and behavioral problems and their families live successfully.

We provide direct help to thousands of children and families each year; partner with innovative states and high-performing nonprofit organizations that use our effective program models; and advocate for positive change to child welfare systems around the country.

Our approach involves intensive work with the child and family; a focus on measuring outcomes; keeping children in the community whenever safely possible; and providing accountability to families and funders. The Youth Villages approach produces lasting, positive change for children.

While we help children from birth to age 22, the majority of the children who receive services from Youth Villages are between 12 and 17.

Children come to us because of emotional and behavioral disorders, physical or sexual abuse, substance abuse, or suicidal ideation or attempt. Our LifeSet program is a bridge from foster care to successful adulthood for young people who have experienced foster care.

More than 85% of Youth Villages children have multiple problems, which may include developmental or learning disabilities, as well as family issues and instability.

At Youth Villages, all of our team members are committed to the mission and values that guide our organization. These simple, specific principles help ensure that we offer the best, most effective help to every child in our care and provide the foundation for our organization’s dynamic growth.

DONATING TO YOUTH VILLAGES
Youth Villages is committed to radically improving outcomes for our country’s most vulnerable children and families and delivers a documented success rate greater than 80 percent.

But there are still thousands of kids across the country struggling with trauma and severe emotional and behavioral problems. Your one-time or continuing contribution goes directly to helping children and young adults get the chance they deserve. You could be the difference in a child’s life in your community. Give today.

For questions regarding your donation, please contact 901-251-4957 or onlinegiving@youthvillages.org or visit our FAQs page.

Youth Villages is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes, please keep your email donation receipt as your official record.

VOLUNTEERING AT YOUTH VILLAGES
BECOME A POSITIVE FORCE
Volunteering with Youth Villages is the easiest way to become a direct, positive force in the lives of the young people we work with. We offer a variety of opportunities to volunteer at our residential campuses and beyond.

Here are just a few examples:

Serve at a Youth Villages event
Adopt a campus cottage/cabin
Teach job and interview skills
Recruit foster parents
Coordinate donation drives
Instruct kids in learning a new talent
Host an event as a Birthday Hero or Holiday Hero
Provide a personal service
Offer spiritual guidance
Run/Walk with our kids as part of the Youth Villages Runners’ Club

In addition to offering opportunities for individual volunteers, Youth Villages also works with companies, churches and civic organizations to arrange group volunteer experiences.

CONTACT YOUTH VILLAGES:

To reach one of our offices directly, please refer to our Locations section to find the office nearest you. Our national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and can be reached by phone at (901) 251-5000 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central Time.

24-HR SUPPORT
If you need to contact someone about a youth in crisis in Tennessee, please visit our Specialized Crisis Services page or call the Tennessee Statewide Crisis Hotline, 1-855-CRISIS-1 or 1-855 (274-7471).

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988. If you need to contact someone about a youth in crisis in Tennessee, please visit our Specialized Crisis Services page or call the Tennessee Statewide Crisis Hotline, 1-855-274-7471.

ADDRESS:
3320 Brother Blvd
Memphis, TN 38133