Providing At-Risk Youth Pillars to Achieve Excellence

Youth For Tomorrow provides safe and healthy residences for boys and girls 12-18 years of age.  These children attend our state accredited secondary school and receive regularly scheduled therapy from certified/licensed therapists. YFT employs dedicated teachers, counselors, house parents and other professional staff.  Since 1986, YFT has reached over 1,000 youth who have been successfully served by our integrated three component program:

  • Residential
  • Education
  • Counseling

These are supported by supervision and safety, self-reliance and the development of internal and external relationships, self discipline, intellectual motivation, moral integrity and a spiritual foundation that contribute to positive behavior in an everlasting manner in each participant.

Children who are referred to YFT have struggled with one or more of the following issues:

  • Foster care
  • Poor academic performance/special needs
  • Criminal behavioral patterns
  • Substance abuse
  • Family crises
  • Mental health disorders
  • Pregnant teens and teen mothers
  • Domestic minor sex trafficked girls
  • Sexually abuse/exploited youth


The most effective approach for improving a young person’s life is to at once reduce the risk factors and increase the protective factors in all elements of that life.

For additional services for children and their families in crisis, see the External Programs section.