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Being there: children and youth services

ChildrenCutie.jpg Volunteers of America provides high quality, innovative services for disadvantaged and disconnected children and youth. Through our caring staff and dedicated volunteers we ensure the social, emotional, and academic development of young children, and empower older youth to be physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy and ready to enter adulthood. Our programs provide a continuum of care and support for young people through prevention, early intervention, crisis intervention, and long-term services.

A.C.E. Program
307.751.0839

Accountability Change and Education (A.C.E.) is a privatized suspension program that implements a structured and intensive learning experience for elementary, junior, and high school students.

 

Happy Feet Daycare

307.673.1364

Early childhood development child care facility.

Independent/Transitional Living

307.673.0062

This program offers personal mentorship, guidance in connecting with community resources, and direct financial aid to assist youth and young adults that have been involved with the foster care system, juvenile justice system, adult corrections, and/or substance abuse treatment, or who are homeless.

 

Johnson County Juvenile Probation/Drug Court

307.684.9076

Providing monitoring and assistance for low-risk youth who are under supervision with Johnson County and placed in the community pending court hearings.

 

Milestones Youth Home
307.673.0062

A program that provides crisis shelter and court-ordered long-term care for boys and girls between the ages of 10-17.

 

Specialized Foster Care

307.675.1130

A comprehensive foster care program for youth up through age 18, that places a strong emphasis on the development of the strengths, interests, and abilities of each and every child who is no longer able to live with their biological family.

 

If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.

Mahatma Gandhi