Youth & Family Services (YFS) is a non-profit, tax exempt 501 C 3, community based provider. All services are offered at no charge or on a sliding scale fee  All employee's & volunteers at YFS have passed both a DPS & DFPS background check & must do so at least every 2 years. YFS is not a federal, state or county agency. YFS is not Children's Protective Services (CPS) nor do we perform any of the functions of CPS, such as removing children from their homes. In fact just the opposite is true...the goal of YFS is to preserve & strengthen the family unit.

 

Our staff are not Therapists but Family Support Specialists (FSS) who primarily provides one on one sessions with youth as well as their  family members in order to help navigate each member to a healthy state of being. The youth and families we serve are provided with resources & linkages in the community that will meet the needs of each family member. Family Support Specialists live in the areas we serve and are committed to providing the highest quality of services available to the Tri- County areas of Austin, Columbus, and Fayette

counties. 

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Focusing on Prevention and Intervention that is designed to keep those we serve from the more acute institutions in society, ie, Juvenile Detention,  CPS, Mental Health , or Incarceration we are gratified by the small and great successes that are made to maneuver our families     on a positive path. By helping children put circumstances into a proper perspective that they can understand is oftentimes all it takes to change their behavior in a more positive direction.

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