25 Feb New Pathways to Success
Our Family Preservation team has worked with parents and children to build solid foundations for a successful future home life....
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25 Feb Skills for a bright future
When Edgar was 17, he ran away from home. At the YOC, Edgar was introduced to the Academic and Life Skills team....
25 Feb New Program shows PROMISE
The YOC recognized the growing need for treatment tailored specifically towards adolescent female behavioral and emotional challenges....
25 Feb Success Story: A Change in Heart
Within months of his placement at the YOC, Kevin was on the brink of removal. Now, things have changed and Kevin is hopeful about his future....
05 Nov Adapting to a Changing Industry Landscape
Follow the path of the child welfare industry over the past 20 years and you’ll see a pendulum-like sway between two schools of thought....
05 Nov A Clinical Approach to Resilience
An interview with our Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Gisselle McKell-Jeffers, focusing on the resilience of our kids and our organization....
05 Nov The Capacity to Recover Quickly: How You Helped Build Our Resilience
As a non-profit with no option of closing down during the COVID-19 pandemic, the YOC needed to be resilient....
05 Nov Opal’s Story of Resilience
Adolescence is hard for a lot of kids. But many of our youth are faced with challenges that kids should never have to experience....
05 Nov A Different Kind of Change
As the global events of 2020 grew more and more impactful, the YOC Foundation has had to change how we interact with our donors....
14 Sep Success Story: Latasha
Latasha, a resident at the YOC, recently won the Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day Art Exhibition for her painting titled, “I Want Both.” The evaluation team considered a combination of artistic merit and how well the piece represented the theme of standing up for your...