Each of us remembers our own struggle, and most of us know how important family and community were to our success - providing safety, stability, support, and loving care.
Many young people lack that essential support.
As a result, some make bad decisions and end up in trouble with the law. Sometimes youths and families encounter conflicts too big to handle on their own. A heartbreaking number of youths grow up suffering from the effects of neglect and abuse. Northwest Youth Services has been working since 1976 to provide a network of comprehensive, results-oriented services designed to ensure safety, and deliver the tools youths and their families need to make positive decisions and real change. These tools include adult mentors for youth, parent support groups, youth and family counseling, a phone hotline, youth shelter and family mediation for runaway and homeless youths, teen court, and treatment foster care services.