our values
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
― Edward Everett Hale
At YR, we’re focusing on the whole.
Helping and Healing Holistically
The young people we serve represent a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, each with their own unique qualities. We focus on holistic support to address their needs effectively.
Our approach involves utilizing community resources to tailor individual solutions for each youth we assist.
Our team is dedicated to achieving impactful and sustainable changes within the community.
We engage all stakeholders, including staff, support teams, and youth participants, in our processes.
Our innovative methods prioritize long-term solutions over quick fixes, addressing root causes for lasting change.
Through interconnected mapping, we foster dynamic relationships across systems and sectors to enhance youth outcomes.
At YR, we’re reaching out to our own.
youth serving youth
Our team members share personal backgrounds that reflect the challenges faced by the youth we serve, including experiences of family dysfunction, abuse, neglect, and overcoming marginalization.
Our approach prioritizes the youth, treating them as peers and involving them in their own recovery and success.
We provide inclusive support environments and non-conformist programs tailored to meet the essential needs of youth for successful transitions into adulthood.
Our programs focus on education, trade skills, certifications, and preparing young individuals to become active members of society and community leaders.
At YR, we’re embracing our community
connecting with community/uniting efforts
We innovate and adapt our model and our approach to provide for the unique needs of the communities where we work and best serve the racially, ethnically and culturally diverse cross-section of youth in those communities.
We work hand-in-hand with your service providers throughout the neighborhoods, cities and states where we serve young people in need.
We cooperate with our sister agencies and coordinate our efforts for maximum reach, efficiency and quality of services.
We adhere to the highest standards of integrity and maintain strict discipline as we carry out our stewardship of the precious resources we manage to serve youth under our care.
At YR, we’re breaking the generational cycle of failure.
breaking the cycle
We’re impact-driven, focusing our passion, energy, expertise and efforts on the most vital needs of the young people we serve.
We’re results-driven, keeping a clear vision for the permanent success of each of the youth we serve.
We’re planting seeds of success through a process of helping, healing, stabilizing, educating and training the young people we serve.
At YR, we’re courageously persistent.
doing it “gritty”
Our experience as survivors of abusive, neglected, troubled and underprivileged childhoods makes us uniquely qualified to understand the needs of the youth we serve.
Our knowledge of the challenges and issues of today’s youth makes us remarkably empathetic and compassionate for the youth we serve.
Our toughness makes us supremely fit for the challenges of the work on which we’ve embarked.
Our determination makes us bold and brave on behalf of the youth that we serve.
Our grit makes us damn good at what we do!
