Alabama
Youth Villages provides intensive in-home services in Alabama through the Intercept® and Multisystemic Therapy (MST) program models.
Programs
Provided to Alabama
Intercept®
Strengthening families to prevent or limit the need for foster care
Multisystemic Therapy®
For teens who are at-risk of placement out of home due to anti-social behavior
Lifeset™
Helping young adults make a successful transition to adulthood
Our Results
- Overall satisfaction with Youth Villages: 92%
- Youth living at home or independently 1 year after discharge: 92%
- Youth in school and/or employed 1 year after discharge: 88%
- Youth reporting no trouble with the law 1 year after discharge: 79%
Figures represent data gathered in FY21-23 for all youth served for more than 60 days across all programs.
It was a year of record growth and innovation for Youth Villages.
Additional Resources
Alabama
Fact Sheet
3,596
youth served in Alabama
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stories of hope
Helping children and families live successfully
Caregiver Burnout: What You Can Do
The end of the school year brings a lot of transitions for children and their caregivers. The rigid and predictable routine of school ends, sports and activities end and with that comes different emotions for everyone in the family.
LifeSet participants share their most proud accomplishments
Five young adults who aged out of foster care at 18 recently sat on a panel and shared their experience transitioning to adulthood without a family support system. Instead of the hardship experienced, they each opened the discussion with what they are most proud of, and how their LifeSet specialist’s personalized approach helped them achieve their goals.
Youth Villages Oregon hosts media campaign to support youth aging out of foster care
Youth Villages Oregon premiered on KGW’s Hello, Rose City! to highlight the community-based programs helping Portland foster youth. LifeSet Scholar, DJ, shared his educational goals he wishes to accomplish and urges the community to invest in others like him.
NO LONGER DEFINED BY MY PAST: Pre-Med student and LifeSet participant, Diamond, shares her story
I’m currently an undergrad student at Tennessee State University studying chemistry. Most of my time goes toward studying to make sure I stay on track to go to medical school and become a gynecologist.
Runaway Behaviors
How foster families build relationships that nurture a youth’s well-being, culture and identity
Record-breaking Red Kite Nite gala in Massachusetts
The annual Youth Villages Red Kite Nite gala was held Thursday, May 2 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. Nearly 400 guests helped raise a record-breaking $1.2 million.
Wirtala family finds purpose through foster care
Youth Villages’ mission is to help children and their families live successfully, and a big part of achieving that goal is keeping the family together. Sometimes, though, families are unable to remain together — either for a while or longer — due to circumstances in the home.
Memphis Parent – May is National Foster Care Month
When children enter the foster care system, the priority is to find a path to permanency – whether through adoption or reunification with their biological family. Often, children are placed in foster care for a short time while the best next steps are determined.
Daytime Tri-Cities – May is National Foster Care Month
Foster Parent Amber McKee and Hayley Mosteller with Youth Villages, discuss the need for more Foster Care in our region.
Local Leadership
Amanda Futral
Executive Director – Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma
As executive director of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma, Amanda Futral oversees Youth Villages’ Intercept in-home counseling, therapeutic foster care, LifeSet and mentoring programs in those areas.
Futral joined the staff of Youth Villages in 1999 as a family counselor in Paris, Tennessee, and was soon promoted to clinical supervisor. In 2002, she became senior clinical supervisor in Columbia, Tennessee. She went on to serve as regional supervisor in Clarksville, Dickson and Nashville. In 2007, she was promoted to regional manager of Nashville Intercept and foster programs for Youth Villages. She became Nashville director in 2009.
Futral earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Memphis and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Trevecca University.
LOCATIONS
AUBURN
2705 Frederick Road, Unit #1
Opelika, AL 36801
Directions
Contact
Phone: 334-737-4200
Fax: 334-737-4201
Birmingham
2367 Lakeside Drive, Suite A-1
Birmingham, AL 35244
Directions
Contact
Phone: 205-917-2990
Fax: 205-917-2980
Mobile
315 South Sage, Unit A
Mobile, AL 36606
Directions
Contact
Phone: 251-450-2335
Fax: 251-450-2339