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Youth Alternatives Family Center
A Place for Families

The new Family Center will provide a therapeutic environment that will be more welcoming and at the same time allow greater use of our valuable counseling, case management, parenting education and substance abuse services without additional cost to the families. The Family Center will include:

Individual and group counseling rooms
Substance abuse treatment facilities
Large training room
Parent education resource library
Cheerful meeting rooms
Gathering area for classes and support groups
Fully equipped kitchen where family members can prepare
   and eat meals together

The Family Center will allow us to provide the physical and emotional space kids and their families need to communicate openly, resolve conflicts and improve their relationships. It will also provide our case managers and care givers the resources and support they need to focus on families What’s more, the Family Center will allow us to reach new populations we don’t currently serve, such as non-custodial parents, and to offer expanded programming, such as more parenting education and support groups.

 
watch the Family Center video!


Youth Alternatives advances safe, healthy, happy childhoods and positive family relationships.
Founded in Portland, Maine in 1972, YA creates homes for children and youth, supports parents and foster families,
reaches out to homeless youth, offers substance abuse services, advocates for families and works to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Learn more at the Youth Alternatives website.