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Youth Villages serves emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth, the majority ages 6 – 22, with in-home and residential interventions that assist youth to improve academic achievement, make a successful transition to employment, and avoid criminal activity. Most of the youth served have cycled in and out of foster care and /or are involved in the juvenile justice system.
Youth Villages utilizes research-based programs, including intensive in-home services to youth and families that are designed to teach young people how to function successfully in school, at home, and with peers. These programs are far less costly and much more effective than traditional services to youth in the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems. (Multi-Systemic Therapy is one of the models Youth Villages utilizes at several sites, including Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and Texas.) Since 1994, Youth Villages has served more than 12,000 high-risk youth and their families with its intensive in-home program, and 82% of those youth have remained home successfully two years after discharge. A remarkable 83% have had no trouble with the law, and 82% are either still in school, have graduated, or are getting their GED at 24 months post discharge. Just 13% had been placed at any point in highly restrictive residential treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, or juvenile facilities. Compared with traditional child-welfare services, Youth Villages’ in-home program offers a 38% lower average monthly cost, a 71% shorter average length of stay, and a long-term success rate twice the national average (80% vs. 40%).
Reports:
Youth Served
Note: Total includes all youth served by Youth Villages, including through its (short-term engagement) specialized crisis program.
Scaling: Youth Served by State
* Actual numbers served (2008 and beyond are projected targets)
** Tennessee represents an example of the potential desire to scale in a given state.
Histoical Revenue Performance (in millions)
Note: Revenue figures are GAAP
Expenditure Coverage by Funding Source (in millions)
As an organization implements its growth plan, growth capital provides the funds necessary for the organization to scale up its operations. By the end of the growth plan, the organization is expected to secure its revenues from reliable, renewable sources, and, if it were to stop growing, become sustainable at its new, larger scale.
Projected Growth Capital Raised and Expended
Growth capital refers to funds raised specifically upfront to underwrite the cost of expansion efforts in new sites, or of expanding services in existing locations. This metric measures the amount of growth capital committed by funders, and the rate at which growth capital is being used. Youth Villages began their growth capital campaign in 2007.
*Actual figures (2008 and beyond are projected targets)
**Assumes Youth Villages meets all performance milestones as outlined in the investment agreement
***A list of co-investors will be available on EMCF’s website, www.emcf.org, in late June 2008.
Performance: Successful Discharges
Youth successfully leaving Youth Villages’ programs with a minimum of 60 days of service
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