Never stop trying - Youth Villages

Turning Point Campaign
helps more children ... 4
Senate Bill addresses need
to get children home ... 8
Artist’s legacy continues
with donation ... 7
Family Victories from Youth Villages Oregon Spring 2012
Never stop
trying
After years of going
through different
programs, family finds
solution in their home ... 5

A Message from
Our director
Lake Oswego
Oregon City
Oregon
YOUTH VILLAGES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A year of change,
a future of service
Nearly a year ago, ChristieCare of Oregon merged with Youth Villages. Since
then, we’ve been focused on a number of changes, including more services,
enhanced training and support for our staff, upgrading and enhancing our
residential facilities and expanding our services to the Native American community
through the Cedar Bough Native American Program.
But here’s the bottom line: We’re serving more children and families. We’re
doing it at a lower cost, and we’re getting results.
It’s an exciting time in our history. We began offering Youth Villages’ Intercept
intensive in-home services a year ago, and the result has been outstanding.
The ability to intensively serve families in their homes and on their terms
means we’re able to keep children at home with their families instead of being
placed in foster care. A story in this newsletter highlights the effectiveness of
Intercept. The family in the story tried many different therapies and medications,
but nothing worked as well as helping the family in their home.
Change takes hard work, patience and a sense of humor. In addition to adding
Intercept, we’ve also been able to upgrade our residential facilities inside
and out, and provide our staff with enhanced support, training and education.
This year, we’ve added a level of care to support youth stepping down from
psychiatric residential care and to the commercially sexually exploited community
of need. We will continue to help more youth and families at home, reducing
Oregon’s over-reliance on foster care and doing what we do best – being
the force for families.
We particularly want to thank those of you who individually contributed to
our ability to change and grow, including the Meyer Memorial Trust, the Oregon
Community Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation, The James R. Kuse
Family Foundation, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the Collins Foundation,
HEDCO and Juan Young Trust. Thank you for bringing us to this exciting point
in our history. And thank you for your support to help us get here.
Mike Bruns, Chairman
Ronnie Randall, Vice Chairman
Jimmy Lackie, Secretary
Paul Bower, Treasurer
Jim Barton Jr.
Eric Bolton
Kenneth Campbell
Marietta Davis
Nicholas R. Ehlen
Joanna Jacobson
Rev. Robert Earl Jones
Bryan Jordan
Karole Lloyd
Mark Medford
Jim Parrish
Johnny Pitts
Ray Pohlman
Jennifer Queen
Pat Ritz
Matthew Tarkenton
Scotland Thede
David Tyler
Betsy Walkup
George White
Patrick Lawler, CEO
CONTACT US
Mailing Address:
Youth Villages-ChristieCare
of Oregon
PO BOX 368
Marylhurst, OR 97036
Christie Campus
Phone: 503-635-3416
Fax: 503-697-6932
Lynne Saxton
Executive Director of Youth Villages-ChristieCare
lynne.saxton@youthvillages.org
503-675-2207
Clackamas River Campus
Phone: 503-607-0520
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
ABOUT YOUTH VILLAGES
GRANUM NAMED
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CHAIR
Andrea Birchman
Case Manager, Oregon Department of Human
Services
“In one of the cases, a
girl was on the run and in
a really dangerous situation.
The Youth Villages
staff sat with her at the hospital for
several hours advocating for her to be
admitted, and it was past midnight by
the time they were done. For my other
client, the clinician has been extremely
available to meet this youth’s needs —
and has been able to be there on short
notice and during a crisis to help the
youth cope with the situation. These
few experiences have made a very
strong positive impression on the quality
of the service that (Oregon) Intercept
provides. I am so glad we have them as
a resource!”
Fred Granum
Leadership Council Chairman
Fred Granum, a local business
leader and special advisor to Oregon’s
Attorney General for Business,
became chairman of Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon’s leadership council.
In addition to being politically active in the state,
Granum practiced law in Portland for nearly 20 years
and ran a small business. A former U.S. Army field
artillery officer, Granum has extensive experience as
an entrepreneur, investor and business executive. He is
also a co-founder and executive of two Tualatin-based
logistics companies, Co-Operations Inc. and Hedges
Creek Logistics LLC.
The Oregon leadership council supports our mission
to help children and families live successfully and advocate
proven solutions for the child welfare/juvenile
justice systems.
OREGON SENATE BILL 964 ADDRESSES NEED TO GET FOSTER CHILDREN HOME
Oregon has one of the
highest rates of children in
foster care in the country,
at nearly twice the national
average. In Multnomah
County, the rate is more
than twice the national average.
The Oregon Department
of Human Services reported
more than 13,000 children
in foster care in 2010, an increase
of 4 percent from the
previous year. In addition,
the number of children leaving
foster care decreased
by 10 percent. That means
more children are entering
and staying in foster care.
Gov. Kitzhaber signed
Senate Bill 964 into law in
June 2011. It requires the
Department of Human Services
and county partners
to implement programs to
provide family preservation
and reunification child welfare
services, and instructs
DHS and private providers
to focus on reducing foster
care caseloads in Oregon.
This law will help safely reduce
the number of children
in foster care and other
out-of-home placements by
investing in programs that
will allow children to remain
in their own homes permanently.
A child in foster care today
has a better opportunity
continued on page 4
Sen. Alan Bates
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REACHING MORE CHILDREN; TRANSFORMING CARE
Helping more children in Oregon
through the Turning Point Campaign
The Ford Family Foundation,
based in Roseburg, Ore., recently
donated $250,000 to Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon to expand
and enhance programs that help
children and families in the state.
The donation goes toward Youth
Villages-ChristieCare’s Turning Point
Campaign, whose goal is to make
permanent, meaningful improvement
in care for Oregon children with emotional
and developmental challenges.
The campaign has raised more than
$1.2 million through private donations
and contributions from Ford, the
Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Community
Foundation and the Collins
Foundation. Its goal is $1.8 million.
“The Turning Point Campaign has
allowed Youth Villages-ChristieCare
of Oregon to launch Intercept, a
breakthrough in-home therapy
program, to families in Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington counties,”
said Lynne Saxton, executive director
of Youth Villages-ChristieCare of
Oregon. “In addition, we will be able to
serve a larger population more costeffectively
and enhance our facilities.”
Other contributors include Health-
Net, HEDCO, Henry Lea Hillman Jr.
Foundation, James R. Kuse Family
Foundation, Joseph E. Weston Family
Fund, Juan Young Trust, Kinnune
Trust, Leupold & Stevens, the Harold
and Arlene Schnitzer CARE foundation
and PacGlobal.
An estimated 47,000
children in Oregon may
be described as severely
emotionally disturbed,
and Oregon’s Department
of Human Services
estimates as many as 600
Oregon children require
psychiatric residential
treatment each year.
The Turning Point Campaign will
also transform the way children receive
residential mental health treatment
in Oregon.
“We currently provide 35 percent of
the care for this high-need group of
Oregon children,” Saxton said. “Our
goal is simple. We want to improve
outcomes, increase impact and reduce
costs.”
ChristieCare merged with Youth
Villages last summer to provide children
and families of Oregon access to
proven, cost-effective alternatives to
more expensive foster care and residential
services, as well as prevention
services that preserve and strengthen
families before they fall apart.
“Children are raised best by their
families, and we want children to
return to a family member as soon
as safely possible,” Saxton said. “This
campaign will assist our goal of preventing
at-risk youth from entering
state custody and to help ones already
in out-of-home placements to return
home.”
For more information on the Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon
Turning Point Campaign, or to find
out how to donate, please contact
Betsy Miller at 503-675-2206 or e-mail
betsy.miller@youthvillages.org.
SENATE BILL 964
from page 3
to return home through services supported
by SB 964, like Intercept. This
legislation demands accountability and
encourages the necessary structure for
a child to succeed.
“This new approach is critical to
improving outcomes for these children
and families,” said Sen. Laurie Monnes
Anderson, D-Gresham. “This program
will reduce the costs of foster care and
help avoid other societal costs down
the road. This will help with the strain
on our mental health services, alcohol
and drug treatment and the criminal
justice system.
Two key provisions of the law provide
for objective, observable measures
of outcomes for services provided to
children and their families, including
measures relating to permanency. In
addition, the law implements performance-based
contracting so organizations
are accountable for successful
results.
Youth Villages’ Intercept achieves
the intent of this legislation, and is
specifically highlighted in the bill for its
results. Intercept serves Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington counties.
Youth Villages has nearly two decades
of data that show the program’s effectiveness
in keeping children at home
with their families.
“We have seen tremendous success
with this approach to taking care of our
kids in Southern Oregon,” said Sen.
Alan Bates, D-Medford, chief sponsor
of the bill. “Through this program, foster
care placements have been halved,
there is less risk of continued abuse
and a lower risk of children re-entering
the child welfare system.”
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ABBY RESPONDED TO INTERCEPT IN-HOME SERVICES
Family exhausts
options for help,
finds success
through therapy
in the=ir home
Abby was a handful. Precocious,
energetic and playful, she would also
have tantrums.
Severe tantrums.
Her mother, Michele, and the rest
of the family had done about all they
could do.
“Abby was the mellowest baby in the
world, and then she gradually turned
into this little Tasmanian devil,” Michele
said. “She was off the wall loud
and demanded so much. Before she
turned 3 years old, she was full-blown
out of control.”
Michele and her family were unfazed,
but they needed help. When
Abby entered kindergarten, Michele
was told Abby needed medication for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
and oppositional defiant disorder. A
psychiatrist prescribed medication,
and to Michele, Abby just wasn’t Abby
any more.
“She was up and down like a roller
coaster,” Michele said. “She was just
miserable.”
After taking Abby, 11, off the medication,
Michele and her family decided on
intense counseling services. They tried
different programs, but nothing worked.
In fact, she said it became worse.
Meaghan Mayeda is a family intervention
specialist for Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon. And from
the first time Meaghan visited Abby’s
home, Michele said she knew this time
would be different.
“It was obvious,” Michele said.
“Meaghan’s so passionate about what
Abby, right, with her mother, Michele
she does, and the kids absolutely loved
her.”
Meaghan visited the home at least
three times per week, working with
Michele and her husband, Zeb, on
parenting skills training, and then
meeting with Abby at least once a
week. In addition to the parenting
skills, Meaghan worked with Abby on
identifying triggers to her tantrums
and how to regulate her emotions.
They discussed coping strategies for
maintaining positive behaviors and
the parents became more aware of
Abby’s behavior and how to handle different
situations.
“She walked us through it,” Michele
said. “She told us ‘This is why you’re
doing this and this is how it works.’
When you’re in the heat of the moment,
you can forget, so you have to
take a step back. It was an ‘aha’ moment
for us.”
After a few training sessions with
the parents, Meaghan turned her focus
more to Abby. She used drawings
of overlapping bubbles for Abby to
identify thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
She helped Abby create a book
with those drawings, along with coping
strategies for maintaining positive
behaviors.
Abby has three sisters.
“They’re a great family with supergreat
kids,” Meaghan said. “The whole
family needed to be more aware of
what was happening so they could
identify what was going on with Abby.”
Michele and Zeb still struggle, as
any family with small children would.
Michelle’s convinced Abby would not
be at home if it weren’t for Meaghan.
“We felt she really
cared, and Abby’s success
really meant something
to her,” Michele
said. “If we didn’t succeed
at something, she
didn’t blame us. We just
tried another way.”
Abby completed the Intercept program
in December. The family had a
party with Meaghan. At the end, they
had a story time, where Abby shared
her book. Michele said the family is
still a work in process, and there are
more good days than bad.
“It takes the whole family to make
it right,” Michele said. “We’re getting
there. But Abby is happy. To hear her in
the bedroom playing with her sisters,
it’s as if she just grew up in half a year.”
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Thanks to our many supporters
The following donors made gifts to Youth Villages between
July 1 and Dec. 31, 2011. The board of directors and staff
of Youth Villages gratefully acknowledge these thoughtful
contributions.
If you made a contribution during this time but it is not
listed, please call the Youth Villages Development department
at 503-635-3416.
YV Visionary
($50,000+)
Mr. Cameron Geddes
Meyer Memorial Trust
YV Pillar
($10,000-$24,999)
Henry Lea Hillman Jr. Foundation
Ritz Family Foundation
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE
Foundation
Walsh Construction Co.
YV Family Champion
($5,000-$9,999)
Harder Mechanical Contractors Inc.
Maybelle Clark MacDonald Fund
Oregon Community Foundation
Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
YV Champion for Children
($1,000-$4,999)
Mr. and Mrs. William Barr
Becker Capital Management
Mr. and Mrs. J. David Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurence Cable
The Childrens Charity Ball
Mr. Mark Cooney
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Forster
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harder
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Harmon
Hoffman Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horstkotte
Mr. David Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kinnune
Leupold & Stevens Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore
PacGlobal
Peet’s Coffee
Oregon Chapter Pacific Northwest
Section PGA
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Saxton
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sznewajs
Mr. and Mrs. Scotland Thede
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walsh
Mr. Paul Wargnier
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The Robert C. & Nani S. Warren
Foundation
WRG Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wynne
YV Leader
($500-$999)
The Brasada Club
Mr. and Mrs. James Burke
Central County United Way
Christie School Women’s Committee
Costco
Mr. Terry Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fanning
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hull
Ms. Amy Kerle
Mr. Kevin Lafave
Mary McKinney & Flay Ezell Fund
Mr. Tony Mehalovich
Pacific Northwest Section PGA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Powell
Dr. and Mrs. Ugo William Raglione
Esther Maegly Reinecke Trust
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. Derrick Sturm
Mr. Matthew Werger
YV Friend
($50-$499)
Mr. James Backus
Banner Co
Mrs. Anne Barbey
Ms. Andrea Barney
Mr. and Mrs. John Becker
Ms. Beth Berselli
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Berselli
Mr. Jeffrey Bieker
Mr. Joseph Bienick
Ms. Mary Bishop
Ms. Joy Blair
Ms. Shelley Blair
Mrs. Janet Bohn
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brand
Mr. Gary Branden
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooke
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Brophy
Ms. Patricia Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John Calhoun
Mr. Howard Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Campbell
Mr. Timothy Chapman
Mrs. John Collins
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Colville
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Coulter
Ms. Denise Crabtree
Mrs. Dorothy Craven
Mr. and Mrs. John Crowell
Mr. and Mrs. John Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dant
Ms. Linda Davis
Dr. J. Michael Deeney
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dodge
Mr. Lloyd Elston
Mr. and Mrs. Les Fahey
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fasano
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd Fischer
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Foote
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Frager
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Freed
Mr. and Mrs. William Galen
Mr. Don Geddes
Mr. Anders Giltvedt
Mr. Phillip Gorchoff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray
Mr. Lawrence Hansen
Mr. Thomas Hayes
Ms. Dianne Heimel
Dr. and Mrs. George Henriksen
Mr. and Mrs. James Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herrle
Mr. John Hollis
Mr. Kenneth Hume
IBM Employee Services Center
Mrs. Wendy Wells Jackson
Ms. Michelle Jenco
Mr. William Jepson
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jewell
Ms. Katrine Johannessen
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jonske
Sister Wanda Marie Jordan
Mr. Timothy Kalberg
Ms. Kathleen Kelley
Ms. Kathryn Kelley
Dr. and Mrs. John Krippaehne
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lankton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larsen
Mr. and Mrs. James Little
Mr. Richard Lauborough
Mr. and Mrs. F. Faber Lewis
Ms. Marilyn Lindgren
Ms. Paula Madden
Mrs. Lorna Mansfield
Mrs. Sara Marckx
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marquardt Jr.
Ms. Janet Martin
Mr. Robert Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Don McCabe
Ms. Mary Louise McClintock
Ms. Elizabeth McCormick
Ms. Katherine McCray
Ms. Mary Ann McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meigs
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Miller
Mrs. Sally Hoffman Miller
Mr. and Mrs. John Morris
Mr. Douglas Mortensen
Mrs. Constance Muessle
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Murphy
Mr. Steven Myers
Mrs. Hester Nau
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neilsen
Nelson Family Fund of The Oregon
Community Foundation
Mrs. Hai Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Norton
Oregon Health Sciences University
Ms. Kathy Overcast
Mr. Marilyn Ozanich
Mr. and Mrs. R. Peterson
Portland General Electric Co.
Ms. Darla Postil
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pratt
Mr. Andrew Ratcliff
Ms. Laurie Rawson
Mrs. Susan Rech
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Remz
Mary T. Rich Rev Trust
Mr. Joseph Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Rosito
Mr. Rick Haselton and Ms. Sura
Rubenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Russell
Ms. Muffie Latourette Scanlan
Mr. and Ms. James Scherzinger
Ms. Mary Schwabe
Ms. Mary Lou Schrader
Mr. and Mrs. William Senders
Mr. Harlan Sethe
The Shepherd Group Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simmons
Ms. Kristine Simpson
Mr. and Ms. Anthony Smith
Ms. Shauna Smith
Mr. Daniel Snow
Ms. Wanda Spry
The Standard Employee Giving
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stauffer
Mr. Patrick Stupek
Mrs. Eloise Sullivan
Dr. Richard Tabor
Mr. and Ms. William Tierney
Mr. and Mrs. William Tomlinson
United Way
of the Columbia-Willamette
Mrs. Jarmila Vrana
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Webb
Mrs. Julie Weitzer
Ms. Leslie Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whittemore
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Wigen
Ms. Judy Wilkinson

NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE OFFERS
YOUTH POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon’s Christie Campus has
benefited greatly from the volunteer efforts of the Lake Oswego
chapter of the National Charity League.
Its monthly Girls Night Out program gives Christie Campus
residents a chance to interact with NCL mothers and daughters
through conversation and various events.
“This event has been a tremendous success with our young
people,” said Betsy Miller, development manager, Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon. “They get to speak with
people their own age, and they see and experience the power
of positive relationships.”
National Charity League was founded in 1925 in Los Angeles.
From that small group of women interested in philanthropic
work, NCL now has 156 chapters in 16 states with more than
39,000 members. The NCL embraces the philosophy of strengthening
the mother-daughter relationship and the communities in
which they exist through philanthropic work and the development
of future community leaders.
The Lake Oswego chapter is one of five Portland-area NCL
chapters, and in its five years, has supported 25 different charities
and agencies.
Artist’s legacy lives on through
family donation to Youth Villages
Barbara Bartholomew’s paintings are very well
known in Portland and nationally by collectors of fine
art. She had her last show in 1999, and passed away
unexpectedly in 2007. Barbara taught art at Lewis
and Clark College in Portland and taught a class
at Marylhurst College. As an artist, she was quite
prolific, and was careful to see that her work, while
she was alive, was donated to various charities in
Oregon.
Barbara’s son, Cameron, wanted to donate some of
her art to non profits in and around Portland. Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon was one of three
nonprofits selected to receive the donated art.
“I was overwhelmed at the amount the family was
donating,” said Betsy Miller, development manager
of Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon. “We are
blessed that her legacy of giving to the community
is continued with her family, and our staff and youth
have visual reminders of that giving spirit.”
Bartholomew’s work is on display in the administration
building at the Christie Campus of Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon.
How you can help!
There are numerous ways to help. Volunteer or
donate such needed items as new, unworn clothing,
shoes and toiletries for boys and girls ages 5-18.
Betsy Miller
Development Manager
503-675-2206
betsy.miller@youthvillages.org
THINKING ABOUT A PLANNED GIFT?
There are as many different ways to support Youth Villages as there are
needs for your support. If you are new to the concept of planned giving,
please visit youthvillages.org and click Donate for information. We have
information on wills and bequests, gifts of appreciated stock, real estate,
charitable remainder trusts, gifts of retirement assets, life insurance and
charitable lead trusts.
There are definitions, wording for wills, stories of how instruments are
created and much more. You may want to visit the planned giving calculator
to see what a planned gift would mean in your unique circumstances.
For information, contact Betsy Miller at 503-675-2206 or e-mail
betsy.miller@youthvillages.org.
Join our networks
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www.twitter.com/youthvillages
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YOUTH VILLAGES
A private nonprofit organization, Youth Villages serves more than
18,000 children and their families from offices in the following cities:
Alabama: Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville
Arkansas: Jonesboro, Little Rock
Florida: Lakeland, Miami, Tampa
Georgia: Atlanta, Douglasville
Indiana: Bloomington, Jeffersonville, Madison
Massachusetts: Lawrence, Plymouth, Springfield, Woburn, Worcester
Mississippi: Biloxi, Greenwood, Hattiesburg, Hernando, Jackson, Tupelo
New Hampshire: Manchester
North Carolina: Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Concord, Greensboro, Greenville, Pinehurst, Raleigh-Durham
Oregon: Portland
Tennessee: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Columbia, Cookeville, Dickson, Dyersburg, Jackson, Johnson City,
Knoxville, Linden, Memphis, Morristown, Nashville, Paris
Washington, D.C.
New Heights Oregon is published by Youth Villages
Managing Editor: Betsy Miller
Associate Editor: Chris Pennington
Please e-mail betsy.miller@youthvillages.org or call 503-635-3416 to have your
name removed from our mailing list.
Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon is a new name for a nonprofit organization that has been helping children and
families live successfully in Oregon since 1859. Formed last year through the merger of ChristieCare and the national
nonprofit Youth Villages, the organization provides Intercept intensive in-home and residential services to children
with emotional and behavior problems and their families. Using its Evidentiary Family Restoration approach, which
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, Youth Villages consistently produces
lasting success for children.