meet our kids
Youth Homes is a nonprofit organization caring for children and teens who face abuse, neglect, emotional trauma, and substance use issues. Since 1971, we have supported more than
20,000 youth and their families in Western Montana.
Some kids come to us carrying things no child should have to carry.
A young person who, far too often, endured nights that didn’t feel safe. One who learned to hide his kindness behind a wall because the world kept showing him that kindness came at a cost. Someone who had already survived more loss, more chaos,and more broken promises than most adults ever will.
They arrive at Youth Homes not because they failed, but because the systems and people around them did. They did not choose the homes they were born into. They did not choose the addiction, the violence, the instability, or the abandonment. But they are here now, and they are still reaching. That matters more than most people realize.
What these young people need is not complicated. They need consistency. They need a door that doesn't change. They need an adult who shows up the same way on a hard Tuesday as they did on a good Monday. They need someone to say, this is your room, this is your home, you are safe here — and mean it, every single day.
That is what Youth Homes does.
For more than five decades, Youth Homes has been that steady presence for the most vulnerable youth in Western Montana. Through residential group care, therapeutic foster families, outpatient counseling, and family support services, we meet young people where they are and walk alongside them, for as long as it takes.
We have watched a girl who made a suicide attempt learn to advocate for herself and dream about a normal teenage life. We have seen a boy managing a new diabetes diagnosis while grieving his injured mother find structure and healing, and eventually find his way back home to her. We have watched a child who was never sure where she'd sleep at night settle into a bedroom she calls her own, with adults in her life she has learned to trust.
These outcomes are not accidents. They are the result of skilled, dedicated staff, evidence-based care, and the sustained generosity of people like you.
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