News & Media Media Contacts Crissy Lintner Director of Marketing & Communications office: 901.251.4832 | cell: 901.461.3139 Connie Mills Public Relations Manager office: 901.251.4871 | cell: 901.233.1254 Media Coverage News Releases Our Experts Branding & Press Kits News Releases 2021 Youth Villages adds three to national board of directors New Allies offers support to state/county leaders striving to bring change to child welfare systems2020 Congress targets COVID-19 stimulus relief to young people reaching adulthood in foster care Youth Villages Intercept program model receives “Supported” rating by Family First Clearinghouse Youth Villages North Carolina Receives $30,000 Grant from Evergreen Foundation Youth Villages CEO, Actress Kristen Bell and TOMS Corporation Receive National Jefferson Awards for Outstanding Public Service Youth Villages endorses bipartisan bill to bring COVID-19 relief to young people in foster care, calls on allies to support it Four jurisdictions launch new programs for transition-age youth in foster care Kentucky launches new program for young people transitioning from foster care Youth Villages awarded $500,000 grant Advocacy groups launch #upchafee campaign to urge congress to take action for youth in foster care during the Covid-19 crisis Learn How to Assess a Mental Health Crisis You Are Not Alone: Foster care Multiplying Good to Honor Kristen Bell, Owen Colley, J.C. Hall, Larry Fitzgerald, Patrick Lawler, Dawn Staley, and TOMS with National Jefferson Awards 31st annual Youth Villages Soup Sunday slated for Feb. 23 at FedExForum Steven Tyler celebrated third annual Grammy Awards® viewing party Benefiting Janie’s Fund2019 Jessica Foster named chief strategy officer at Youth Villages Youth Villages honors Amy Linthicum with Clarence Day Legacy Award Youth Villages receives $20,000 grant from Evergreen Foundation Oregon state senate bills for child welfare reform pass unanimously Dad Steps Up to Provide a Home for Tyanna Youth Villages adds managing director of development for regional growth Youth Villages adds John Norris as managing director and general counsel Youth Villages on quest for Backpack Heroes to donate school supplies for children in need Youth Villages opens funding opportunity for transition-age foster youth services Youth Villages honors late board member, business titan and local philanthropist Michael D. Rose Kromer appointed to Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice Reform Implementation Council2018 Los Angeles, Illinois, Washington D.C. and Louisiana awarded $10 million in matching grants to launch program for transition-age foster youth Save the day for a child in need by becoming a Holiday Hero Annual T.O.U.G.H. Run set for Oct. 27 James D. Lackie appointed chairman of the board CrossFit competition benefits Youth Villages Middle Tennessee Steven Tyler’s Grammy Gala raises $2.4 million for Janie’s Fund Steven Tyler and Live Nation presents inaugural gala benefitting Janie’s Fund Youth Villages receives grant from Evergreen Foundation Youth Villages to host career fair for residential treatment positions Steven Tyler opens Janie’s House at Youth Villages’ Inner Harbour Campus2017 GRAMMY award-winning recording artist Steven Tyler opens center for abused girls alongside national family services provider Youth Villages opens Paula Prudhomme Wellness Center at Dogwood Campus Local child advocates join Youth Villages board Youth Villages on quest to find Holiday Heroes throughout several states Aging Out Foster Youth Receive Support from Local NASCAR Driver National campaign encourages families to adopt teens Youth Villages, New Avenues for Youth and state agencies create temporary housing and community stabilization program to increase services for youth in foster care Youth Villages adds two national board members Lawler chosen among ‘2017 Power & Influence Top 50’ by NonProfit Times Youth Villages Announces Bill’s Place Steven Tyler and Janie’s Fund distribute radio PSA to bring help to abused girls Youth Villages and Mozzaz team up with digital application, platform Youth Villages Mississippi honors local foster parents at Gala set for April 25 Youth Villages Oregon receives $207,000 grant from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Youth Villages Oregon and Providence partner to enhance ER services in Portland Youth Villages Oregon opens new office in Salem Going, going, gone! Steven Tyler’s Janie’s Fund wins big with sale of rare sports car2016 Youth Villages names Jenny Bush to national board Steven Tyler to receive 2016 Humanitarian Award at the UN Ambassadors’ Ball James R. Mulroy named general counsel at Youth Villages Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Steven Tyler, Award-Winning Director Brett Ratner Bring Intimate Concert Performance To Lincoln Center May 2 to benefit Janie’s Fund2015 Steven Tyler launches Janie’s Fund to help girls in need Youth Villages expands children’s mental health services in Central Oregon2014 Youth Villages CEO to speak at Customer Response Summit in Memphis2012 Public/private partnership boosts former Tennessee foster kids Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon receives $250,000 donation2011 Youth Villages begins helping troubled children and their families in Boone area Youth Villages helps more than 2,500 Children in North Carolina Day Foundation announces $42 million legacy challenge grant to Youth Villages ChristieCare and Youth Villages celebrate merger with Native American drumming, honor songs A new program is bringing intensive help to children with emotional and behavioral problems and their families in Clackamas and Washington counties Bullhorn CEO serves as Youth Villages career coach for former foster child Marietta Davis of Alpharetta joins Youth Villages national board of directors Karole Lloyd of Brookhaven joins Youth Villages national board of directors Twice as nice: Youth Villages makes best nonprofit to work for list again ChristieCare and Youth Villages announce merger ChristieCare/Youth Villages merger will bring new resources to program for Native American children
