Youthville has been rebuilding families through case management to children and families in Sedgwick County since 1996. Case Management services include child and family assessment, case planning, and delivery of services to ensure that children and families receive the help necessary to reunite the family in a timely manner. In most cases, the children and families that receive these services have been placed in the custody of the state due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or the inability of parents to keep their children safe.
When children are initially referred to Youthville, generally the goal is for children to return home safely, also known as reintegration. While reintegration is the primary goal in most cases, Youthville also has concurrent plans to ensure timely, permanent living arrangements can be achieved when the goal of returning home is not possible. Concurrent planning emphasizes reintegration while simultaneously planning an alternative, should returning home not be possible.
The case management team for each child and family is comprised of a case manager and a family support worker, known together as a dyad. They focus on the identification, planning, and delivery of needed services to each family in order to facilitate permanent living arrangements for the children and families.
Aftercare
The Aftercare program focuses on rebuilding families and creating new families. This critical support is provided for Youthville children with new families or for family stability when a child has returned home. The Aftercare program is made up of master's level, clinical specialists who work directly with families to provide clinical expertise and services. They provide in-home, direct care services to meet the needs of the families.
Life Skills
The Life Skills program works with youth ages 17 and older focusing on developing the skills needed to establish a healthy, successful adulthood by teaching necessary independent living skills. The care each teen receives is customized based on individual strengths and challenges. A life skills worker might help one teen learn how to balance a checkbook, while another teen might need assistance with housekeeping skills, enrolling in school, or finding a job.