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New Year, New Goals: How To Set Goals As A Family And With Your Kids

January can bring in the post-holiday blues with the changes in your sleep, eating and day-to-day routine over the last two months. You, and your kids, have probably had more junk food, screen time and no consistent wellness and workouts for at least a few weeks.

Red Kite Nite participants

Youth Villages Red Kite Nite Raises $60K

Puffy sleeves, tacky cummerbunds and big hair were on the scene at the Youth Villages Red Kite Nite Retro Prom held Oct. 29. More than 100 attendees came together at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, Massachusetts, to raise funds and awareness for the organization.

Amy and Aaron standing on staircase

A change of plans leads to adoption

Plans can change in a variety of ways. That was the case for Amy Abbott. Amy was looking for an opportunity to give back to the community, and she found that in fostering.

Flowers family

Fostering those most in need: teenagers

Several years ago, Mia Flowers felt moved to research fostering kids, but it wasn’t until she was reading the Bible with her husband, Ben, that the idea solidified for them both.

Goreham family

Caiden’s Story

On a rainy spring day, an Intercept specialist received a voicemail from Jade, a 23-year-old mother whose son, Caiden, was in our Intercept program. “Thank you so much for coming here today and always supporting me through this whole thing.

Youth Villages Leadership Council at a Janie's Fund event

Tom Palmieri: Why I Joined the Youth Villages Leadership Council

From the first moment I heard of Youth Villages, I was hooked. Two Youth Villages employees came to my company’s office five years ago for an informal ‘lunch and learn’ about the organization. They took us through the LifeSet program from its start in Massachusetts in 2009 to its current state and their hope for the program’s growth.

LifeSet and Scholar participant, Amber with her specialist

LifeSet highlighted at APHSA Conference in Georgia

LifeSet participants and staff from New Hampshire recently spoke about the needs of transition-age youth at a meeting of the American Public Human Services Association’s Economic Mobility & Well-Being Conference in Savannah, Georgia.

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