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Katelyn is an adventurous future teacher with hopes of finding her forever family with older siblings. Take the time to share Katelyn’s story in hopes she finds her forever home. One share could make waves!

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Lacoyah overcomes poor choices and adversity | Youth Villages

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Substance abuse can de-rail a young person’s dreams. Lacoyah found herself ill-equipped to meet basic needs and look to the future. The state stepped in to help, including a referral to the Youth Villages MST-EA program. It’s an intensive, individual program designed to help young adults aging out of child welfare systems overcome behavioral or substance use issues. For nearly six months, a Youth Villages MST-EA specialist worked with Lacoyah and her family to create a safe home environment and build good communication skills. In the end, all the hard work and perseverance paid off, and she was able to leave the program successfully. ... See MoreSee Less

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Lacoyah was under the influence of drugs and out of control. Her reckless behavior and bad judgment left her ill-equipped to care for herself and future.

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Ways and Means Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Provide Emergency Support for Foster Youth and Child Welfare Services

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Thank you to leaders Rep. Danny Davis and Rep. Jackie Walorski for hearing so many young people across the U.S. and introducing the "Supporting Foster Youth & Families Through the Pandemic Act" today to provide COVID-19 emergency aid to older foster youth. Youth Villages is proud to endorse this bill. It would deliver on the help LifeSet participants have advocated for. tinyurl.com/yxa7fby4 #FosterSafety #ChildWelfareCOVID #UpChafee ... See MoreSee Less

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced the Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act to provide additional support for older foster yout...

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This year, school is more uncertain for our families due to COVID-19. For many, this means choosing between in-person classes or online learning. What are your thoughts regarding virtual vs. classroom learning? ... See MoreSee Less

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First, I think we should all acknowledge that it's a tough situation and education is not a one size fit all structure anyway so to make public health policies that work for everyone in an educational setting is very difficult. I think digital education can and does work for many, especially older elementary, middle and high school. However, special needs children and our younger elementary kids need in person education. Again, there's no one solution for everyone, but I wish people in general would be more kind in considering that many parents work full time (a lot of them health workers on the front line) and cannot be home to supervise digital learning. With that said, any teacher that is high risk should not have to be made to teach in person and risk her/his health for their job. This is hard for everyone and understanding that the answer for each child/family may look different is the first step in solving this crisis together.

Youth Villages fills 1,100 backpacks with schools supplies, still in need of more

1 week ago

Thanks to WZTV FOX 17 News, Nashville for highlighting our Backpack Heroes initiative in Nashville! There's still time to donate. Learn more about becoming a Backpack Hero here: www.youthvillages.org/get-involved/events/backpack-heroes/

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As students get ready for back to school, Youth Villages is helping ease the stress of affording school supplies. Through the Backpack Heroes program, they're filling 1,100 new backpacks with school supplies. All of it is donated by businesses throughout Middle Tennessee. Organizers say everyone inv...