Each year, Youth Villages serves more than 17,000 emotionally and behaviorally troubled children from throughout the country through residential treatment at campuses and group homes in Tennessee, Georgia and Oregon, and community-based, intensive, in-home services in 10 states and the District of Columbia.
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 are placed with us because of emotional and behavioral disorders, physical or sexual abuse, substance abuse or suicidal ideation or attempt. Eighty percent of Youth Villages children have multiple problems, which may include developmental or learning disabilities.
Although admission requirements vary based on the individual program, generally speaking, we treat:
- Hard-to-help, hard-to-place children; children who have failed at numerous other programs often find success here
- Children with emotional and behavioral problems plus co-occurring medical issues
- Children who have severe acting out behaviors
- Boys and girls, ages 7-18
- Children with Verbal IQ 50 and above
- Children with problem sexual behaviors
- Emotionally-disturbed children with developmental delays or disabilities
- Children who are medically fragile
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