Distinctly Montana Magazine
Issue link: https://digital.distinctlymontana.com/i/20776
Success starts at The University of Montana about the Youth homes Over the years, Youth Homes has developed a diverse and community representative board, which oversees seven group homes and programs in foster care, kinship, adoption, and family support as well as wilder- ness treatment and a Learning Lab located in the public schools. Youth Homes has homes and offices in Missoula, Kalispell, Polson, Ronan, Hamilton and Helena. Our kids are as young as three and as old as 18. They have expe- rienced domestic violence. Their dads are not in their lives. They are abused. They are neglected. They have been exploited. They are home- less. They are unsafe at home. They have fled. They have been involved with child protection. They have broken laws. They are on probation. They have acted out. They have run. They have emotional challenges. They are sad. They have attempted suicides. They are angry. They lie. They are honest about their pain. They are running from it. They do not belong. But they all have hope. The Dan Fox Family Care Program offers Foster Care and Adoption as well as in-home Family Support Services. The children we serve are ages 2-18 years of age and are referred, mostly, from child welfare workers, mental health case managers and youth corrections workers. InnerRoads, our Wilderness Therapy Program, provides quality, af- fordable wilderness therapy to at-risk teens and their families. Our six week intervention program offers therapeutic wilderness and community programming with long term aftercare support for teens ages 14-17. Every day Youth Homes cares for 150 children through its group homes, shelters, family care, and wilderness treatment programs. Since its founding in 1971, Youth Homes has served over 9,500 children. Youth Homes PO Box 7616 Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 721-2704 The Tom Roy Youth Guidance Home In a Jam for Auto Storage? Call Osterman’s Auto Storage and Delivery • Serving the Gallatin Valley including Big Sky • Hundreds of Vehicles Stored and Delivered • Airport Pickup and Delivery • Safe, Secure Service • Insured and Bonded • Storing Vehicles, Boats & RVs Call 406-388-1257 Excellence in academics in a beautiful place. It’s no wonder UM is the university of choice for students from Montana and beyond. Thousands of students receive scholarships each year thanks to gifts made through The University of Montana Foundation. These gifts support the university’s goal of keeping a UM education accessible to all. Learn more at www.SupportUM.org. Osterman’s Mini Warehouse • 232 Arden Dr. Belgrade www.distinctlymontana.com 83