Fiscal Year 2013

“To assist every child in
finding security, a sense
of belonging and a place
to call home.”
fro m o u r board president
Fiscal year 2013 was a year of doubling our efforts to regain profitability by increasing our outreach to agencies and organizations that place kids
into our programs. I’m happy to report that we were able to maintain, and even increase, the high level of quality services provided throughout our
organization while getting Youth Homes back into the black for the year. We ended our fiscal year last June with $117,000 in excess revenue over
expenses, correcting the loss we experienced in fiscal year 2012. The team at Youth Homes - our therapeutic youth care workers, program directors
and management - jumped at the challenge and delivered measurable results both financially and through the success of our kids and their families.
One of the major efforts in 2013 was preparing a strategic plan to assess our current programs and take a focused look at Youth Homes’ strategy for
the future. We intend to be as viable in 50 years as we are today. One of the key elements we are stressing is the ability to be agile in the face of an
ever-changing funding environment and the fluctuating views of the federal government and the state on the best way to provide services to our youth
and their families. We are evaluating current trends in the system in order to craft a flexible strategy which will allow us to anticipate and respond to
changing market conditions while constantly improving the services we provide. Most importantly, we will always focus on the core values of Youth
Homes – providing a safe place for kids to call home, and creating a foundation for kids to have
successful lives as adults. Stay tuned as we discuss our strategic plan over the coming years.
We offer two main services at Youth Homes – group living services (group homes) and
family support services. In 2013, we served 305 youth in our group homes and 332
families through family services (we touched the lives of 223 kids and families daily throughout the year). It takes a monumental effort by the Youth Homes’ staff to create positive
outcomes for our kids and their families. The team works long hours for modest pay, and deals
daily with a level of emotional intensity that few people outside of their work understand. I
want to say thank you to all of the staff for their efforts, and to their commitment to making a
difference in the world, specifically in the lives of the kids and families affiliated with Youth Homes.
I also want to recognize my fellow board members for working diligently together through another
year. In closing, I want to thank you, our faithful donors, for continuing to believe in and support Youth
Homes, because all kids deserve happiness, a healthy life and a bright future. Your participation and
generous giving allows us to fulfill our mission. I believe that the efforts of the entire team at Youth
Homes will lead to successfully serving thousands of kids and their families for many years to come.
Warm personal regards
–
Last year I wrote about the incredibly generous communities
we work within, and I don’t want to miss another chance to
thank all of you who support us in spirit and deed. Without
you, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
This year, I want to talk a little about Montana. I am not
native to Montana but it is the first place I chose to live; I
have been here for 42 years now. I also lived in Butte and
that has to count for a lot. What made me stay was not the
beauty of the land but the beauty of the people. Dirk Williams was the first person who told me that Montana was
a small city with really long streets. That is true for me-wherever I go I see familiar faces. Politics aside, Montanans
have an incredible commitment to their neighbors, always
pitching in and giving a hand up. The Youth Homes has
grown out of Missoula and wherever we have gone we have found caring people who we need to fulfill our mission.
This past year, I have experienced systems to serve youth and families moving and changing at light speed, faster than in any of my previous years
working in Montana. There are lots of factors, one of which has been the changing of the guard. I have seen many of my peers -baby boomers,
retire from leadership positions in State Government and the next generation step in. Boomers have worried way too much about other generations.
I have often suggested not to worry but just to step out of their way. And, I think I was right. Today’s new leaders are bright, committed, hard
working and have visions of what could and should be better. I have found them quick but thoughtful, opinionated but open, strong but inclusive.
This has been a great year for me in working with new leaders. I appreciate their understanding that we are their partners in helping families be
strong, helping children to grow and in forming the next generation and never leaving behind youth who are struggling with emotional challenges.
The year ahead will demand more change, increased system and provider capacities and continued compassion. I am confident that Youth Homes
can stay on that path and meet our goals for youth every day.
O ur highlights from fiscal year 2013
After a tough financial year in 2012, staff and board focused on being even more available and agile in serving the needs
of our major clients, resulting in a very stable and successful year where a number of programs grew. We can still claim
that we have been able to sustain every service we ever initiated!
We believe that the stability of our services means stability for our clients. We continue to prove our competence, our
commitment, our flexibility and our relevance as times change but our mission stays the same.
Last year we served 710 youth and their families through the array of services we provide, including through Partnership
for Children, our alliance with Intermountain.
The Youth Homes alone served 649 youth and families, with 305 served through our group living programs and 332
receiving family support services. That’s 213 people every day!
We love permanency when it can happen for our kids –in the past 12 months we have had 4 adoptions! All of the 4
children were between the ages of 5 and 8 years old. Three were adopted in Missoula and 1 was adopted in Hamilton.
The service that grew the most this year was definitely our Home Support services, working with youth where they
are- whether with relatives or in state foster homes, to provide therapy, coaching and crisis planning. Our goal is to help
the family forge better relationships and increase stability. This past year, we served 116 families with this critical service!
Our InnerRoads Wilderness Program increased the number of youth and families we serve from an average of 12 a year
(over the past five years) to 19 in our 2013 season!
The outcomes we see coming out of our services continue to be strong with:
o 88% of the youth served were stable in our care and with our services.
o 88% were able to move from our services to a lower level of supervision.
o 79% made progress in school.
o 91% of the youth we served left with a more positive plan for their futures.
o 92% of the youth we served left with a stronger relationship with their caregiver(s).
o 87% of the youth served through our Dan Fox Family Care Program left with a stronger relationship with their parents.
Run 4 Kids had another highly successful team, (again sponsored by Montana Rail Link) raising over $95,000 from the
efforts of the 120 team members who participated the full or half Missoula Marathon or 5k. Special thanks to the
Missoula Marathon and Run Wild Missoula for working with us over the past six years to make this a success for our
organization, and for all of the great celebrative events they have created for the Missoula Community.
“Highlights” continued
Our Youth Farm produced over 25,000 pounds of vegetables for CSAs and to distribute to our homes and other low-income
individuals. Our July ‘Evening at the Farm’ raised money to pay wages to our Youth Farmers. We will have up to 7 youth
fully employed at the Farm this summer and other group home kids will volunteer weekly to earn their share of vegetables
and experience hard yet rewarding work. We love our partnership with Garden City Harvest and Cori Ash, Farm Manager!
Forced to close its state-run Girls Transitional Home in Great Falls, the State Department of Correction awarded Youth
Homes a contract to provide transitional living and case planning for female juvenile parolees from Riverside Correctional
Facility at our shelters in Missoula and Hamilton. We feel those placements have been very successful in assisting the girls
in making the changes needed to return to their community.
The Flathead and Bitterroot Youth Homes had their most successful fundraising year s ever, raising $56,000 at our
Bitterroot Gala and $31,000 with the Glacier Challenge, a multi-event endurance race. Both achieved their highest net
incomes while providing a really fun time for all involved.
Some major staff changes happened this year. Anna Green replaced Kay Crowe as Program Director in our Bitterroot Youth
Home. Michael Hudson left his role in the InnerRoads Wilderness Program to be the Therapist at our Susan Talbot Boys
Home. Amy Schaer moved up from Program Manager to Program Director at InnerRoads. We had to say goodbye to Chuck
Wayland, Therapist at our Dennis Radtke Home for Boys. Carleigh O’Brien is now our therapist there.
In heading a community group of youth service providers, the Youth Homes received a $174,000 grant over two years to
address the needs of youth in crisis due to emotional challenges. This will allow access to shelter in an urgent situation as
well as follow up and in-home support and coaching for families. This effort brings ten agencies serving emotionally
disturbed youth in the Missoula community together to share the workload.
Of the 10 youth we served at Tom Roy in the last year, six graduated high school, two earned their GED and 2 are still
working toward a high school diploma.
Last spring ‘13 we unveiled our new Website. Check it out at www.youthhomesmt.org.
We have hit the million dollar mark for our Campaign for Self-Reliance and were able to begin construction on our new Tom
Roy Youth Guidance Home. The LEED certified Home will be completed in May 2014. The youth are currently housed
next door to the lot and are able to see the progress on their new home. We are so excited to unveil the newest of our group
home designs and are so grateful to the many donors who made this possible. More thanks and celebration to come in
2014! (We are still about $50,000-$75,000 from our goal. If you are interested in helping please contact us.)
C urrent assets
C as h
i n v e s tm e n ts
ac c o u n ts r e c eivable
pledges
P r e p a i d e x p e nses
T o tal current assets
F u r n i tu r e a n d Equipm ent
V eh i c le s
B u i ld i n g s
C on s tr u c ti o n in P rogress
Lan d
A c c u m u late d depreciation
Net p r o p e r ty, plant and equipm ent
P l e d g e s r e c e ivable
End o w m e n t
total assets
L iabilities and net assets
C u r r e n t L i a b i lities
Lon g T e r m L i a b ilities
Total L iabilities
2013
2012
$576,544
$1,023,052
$290,377
$1,023,217
$451,309
$63,681
$13,109
$415,295
$106,667
$11,008
$ 2 ,1 2 7 ,6 9 5
$ 1 ,8 4 6 ,5 6 4
$153,895
$224,632
$2,558,894
$49,515
$374,243
-$1,466,834
$153,895
$224,632
$2,558,894
$18,726
$374,243
-$1,346,126
$ 1 ,8 9 4 ,3 4 5
$ 1 ,9 8 4 ,2 6 4
$54,834
$299,462
$23,333
$244,353
$ 4 ,3 7 6 ,3 3 6
$ 4 ,0 9 8 ,5 1 4
$446,455
$368,477
$441,164
$395,807
$ 8 1 4 ,9 3 2
$ 8 3 6 ,9 7 1
t ota l av e ra ge da ily
s e rv ice s e rv e d s tay ce ns us
program
bitte rroot
y outh home
f lathe a d
y outh home
s hirle y miller
atte ntion home
s us a n ta lbot
boy s home
s us a n ta lbot
home f or girl s
de nnis ra dtk e
home f or boy s
tom roy y outh
guida nce hom e
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wilde rne s s p r o g r a m
Shelt er & Long
Ter m Gr oup Car e
44
59
5.7
Shelt er & Long
Ter m Gr oup Car e
73
42
6.9
Shelt er
113
26
6.4
Ther apeut ic
Gr oup Car e
14
126
3.8
Ther apeut ic
Gr oup Car e
13
250
4.5
Ther apeut ic
Gr oup Car e
11
283
5.3
Long t er m
Gr oup Car e
15
286
6.5
W ilder ness
Tr eat m ent
22
32
5.2
305
N/ A
44.3
Ado pti o n
Se rv i c e s
1
N/ A
N/ A
Fo s te r Ca re
33
116
12
84
98
911
147
N /A
340
285
9.7
30.9
9.7
21
98
s ub- tota l f o r fa m ily s u p p o r t
344
N/ A
169.3
tota l f o r a l l p r o g r a m s
649
N /A
213.6
s ub- to ta l f o r g r o u p c a r e
DAN FOX FAMILY
CARE PROGRAM
$3,354,560
U n r e s tr i c te d & tem porarily
$206,844
P er m a n e n tly restricted
Total N et A ssets $ 3 ,5 6 1 ,4 0 4
$3,078,146
$183,397
H o me Suppo rt Se rv i c e s
$ 3 ,2 6 1 ,5 4 3
O utpa ti e nt Se rv i c e s
To ta l li a b i li ties and Net Assets
$ 4 ,0 9 8 ,5 1 4
Tra ns i ti o na l Suppo rt Se rv i c e s
$ 4 ,3 7 6 ,3 3 6
Ca s e y Fa mi l y Se rv i c e s
Donors of $10,000 and above
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, Gallagher Western Montana Charitable
Foundation, High Stakes Foundation, Knitting Factory Presents, Max and Betty Swanson
Foundation, Missoula Federal Credit Union, Montana Rail Link, Jeanne and Paul Moseley,
Network for Good, Oro Y Plata Foundation, The Steele-Reese Foundation, United Way of
Missoula County, Tom and Sharon Walsh, William H. and Margaret M. Wallace Foundation
Donors of $5,000 to $9,999
Tammy and Gary Bedey, First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation, First Interstate Bank - Billings,
First Interstate Bank - Missoula, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Llewellyn Foundation, Northwestern
Energy, Susan and Roy O’Connor, Rotary Club of Kalispell Daybreak, Schwab Charitable Fund, Chris
and Jeannie Siegler, John and Sue Talbot, TJX Foundation, US Bancorp Foundation
Donors of $2,500 to $4,999
Anonymous, CFC of Western Montana, George and Lynda Corn, Roy Delong, F. Morris and Helen Silver
Foundation, Frontier-West - LLC, Good Food Store, Janet and Gary Kalkstein, National Philanthropic Trust,
Payne West Insurance (Payne Financial Group - Inc.), Patti Prato and David Boring, Ravalli Family Medicine,
Elizabeth and Harry Saxton, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Wagon Mountain Foundation- Inc.,
Whitefish Community Foundation - Quinn Family Fund
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Bob and Jane Becker, Bibler Resources Company, Big Sky Brewing Company, Geoff and Nancy Birnbaum, Boone
Karlberg, Judy and Bill Brodsky, Caras Nursery, Nick and Karen Chickering, Janet Chilcote, Calvin and Marva Christian, Community Medical Center, Karen and Dr. Ken Dial, Bob and Susan Disney, Don “K” Chevrolet - Subaru,
Laure and Richard Drake, Mike and Louise Easton, Enterprise Holdings, Elizabeth Evans, Fairytales ‘n’ Fantasies,
Flathead Orthopedics, Four Paws PC, Dennis and Tracy Golder, James and Jean Hagan, Jay and Donna Haglund,
Dale and Jackie Hanson, Matt and Lisa Hayhurst, Valerie Hedquist and Edward Calligan, Jody Hollenbeck, Teri
Horn, Tom Hudson, Imperial Sovereign Court of Montana, Mimi and Mark Jergens, Christopher and Malin Johnson, Jones Brothers Trucking Inc., Pam Kamera, Lambros Community Foundation, Colin Lane, Dr. Donald and
Joan Lodmell, Martha and David Lowery, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Massa Home Center, Robert and Bonnie
Minto, Missoula County Tavern Owners Association, Missoulian, Montana Community Foundation, Muralt Family
Foundation, Robin Tawney Nichols and William Nichols, Wyatt Perkins and Sharon Ritchie, Mike and Gay Peterson,
Marc and Shellie Pitman, Liz Rantz, Rapp Family Foundation, Marvie and Roland Redmond, Anne and John Remien, Judith Ruggie, Sage & Cedar, Soroptimists of Hamilton, Soroptimists of Whitefish, Jan and Michael Sousa,
Joseph and Irene Topel, Vali Cooper & Associates, Pam and Sandy Volkmann, Whitefish Community Foundation
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Donors $500 to $999
Advanced Technology Group, Alpine Granite Accents - Inc., Rob Amrine, David and Shirley Atkins, Big Sky Eye Care Clinic, Craig and Julie Birgenheier, Bitterroot Drug,
Bitterroot Valley Kiwanis, C2C - LLC, Christine Coffin and Rick Fuhrman, Jeremiah and Alaina Clinton, Commodity Center - Inc., Kari Crist, CTA Architects Engineers, John
Cuches, D.A. Davidson and Co., Briar and Heidi Diggs, Dorsey & Whitney Foundation, Dr. Stephen Seninger and Mrs. Daphne Herling, Dorcie and Mark Dvarishkis, David
and Sylvia Edgell, Farmers State Bank, Brett Felton, Felton Dental Care, First Presbyterian Church, James and Maureen Flightner, Britney and Matthew Fregerio, Galusha,
Higgins & Galusha, Gap Foundation, Garden City Janitorial, Glacier Dental Group, Carol and Gary Graham, Hamilton High School Booster Club, Shannone and KC Hart,
Riikka Hess, Shannon Hilliard, Randolph Jacobs, James Neustrom and Dwight Auch, JCCS Certified Public Accountants, Allisun and Nick Jensen, Bill and Dori Johnston,
Nancy Kelly, Frank and Jane Kisselbach, Kiwanis Club of Helena, Sarah Lane, Beau and Julie Larkin, Chris Love and Ron Skinner, Gwen McKenna, Katherine and Ronald
Messer, Robert and Denise Messer, Michael Small and Deborah Allard, Bill and Sheila Miller, Mary Minor-Smith, T.C. and C.M. Origitano, Monica and Dave Paoli, Patricia
Rosa and Paul Policastro, Paul Ryan & Associates, Nancy and Brad Pickhardt, Ran and Char Pigman, Pigman Builders, Pleiades Foundation, Albert Price, R. P. Ellis Fine
Jewelry, Ravalli County Bank, Raymond James Global Account, Lindsay Richards and Thomas Roberts, Tom and Susan Roy, Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Colin and Amber
Sherrill, Chuck and Niki Shonkwiler, Soroptimists of Missoula, South Hills Evangelical Church, Barbara and George Stanley, State Farm Insurance, Ed and Shirley Sullivan,
Mary and Robert Sullivan, Jani Summers, Tompkins & Peters, CPAs, Topp Company, Linda Jo and Dan Tuxbury, Nancy and David Tyrell, Valley Bank, Carolyn Walker, Warren Neyenhuis and Margaret Tonon, Vicki Watson, Fred and Carolyn Weisbecker, Tiffany and Alan Wellman, Wheaton’s, Whitefish Community Foundation - Kramer Family
Fund, Whitefish Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab, Betty and Tom Wilkins, Dr. Jerry and Judy Williams, Whitney Williams, Greg and Amy Yockey, Susan and Bret Young
Donors $250 to $499
Levi and Kim Anderson, Art Focus, Fine Arts and Framing, John and Kathleen Bartos, Anthony Beltramo, Bitterroot Motors Inc., Black
Star Draught House, Blackfoot Communications, Van Blakely, Peggy and Charles Bloom, Dr. Fred and Diane Bodholt, Bohyer, Erickson, Beaudette & Tranel, PC, Thomas and Ann Boone, Rick and Mary Borden, Phil and Marcy Bornstein, Jean Bowman, Anne and
Scott Breum, Scott Brooke, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, PC, Buffalo Wild Wings, Jessica and Clint Burson, Carey Law Firm,
Varen Chapman, Zach and Nicole Cheetham, Chic Harbine Equipment, Children’s Denistry of the Rockies, Chuck’s Grinding, Corvallis
United Methodist Men’s Group, Judy and Bill Cox, Crowley Fleck, PLLP, Datsopoulos MacDonald & Lind PC, Nancy and Bill DeCou,
Kielian Dewitt, Jackie and Keith Dyer, Eisenger Motors, Mae Nan Ellingson, Dr. Steve and Jacque Ellis, Wendy Ervin, Kaweh EtminanRad, Exit Realty Bitterroot Valley, Susan Falsey, Dominic Farrenkopf, Blaise and Cynthia Favara, First Interstate Bank - Hamilton, First
Presbyterian Church of Kalispell, First Security Bank, Kristine Foot, Daniel Gallacher, Cecilia Garland, Garlington, Lohn, & Robinson,
Great Northern Brewing Company, Lyle and Gail Grimes, Kelly and Shane Hart, Virginia Hillhouse, Diedra and Alan Hoyt, Hungry
Horse Liquor Store, Frederick and Martha Ilgenfritz, In Mocean, Anne Jablonski, James G. & Marcia Valeo Charitable Foundation,
Jason Cohen and Heather Liebe, Helia Jazayeri, Michael Johnson, Julia Jones, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Kathleen Ort and
John Duffield, Ramey and Jesse Kodadek, Casey and Kamra Kolendich, Ladies of St. Francis Assisi Catholic Community, Law Office
of Peter Leander, Lincoln’s Silver $ Bar and Gift, Land Lindbergh, Cheryl Loberg, Angie Lopach Tranel, Blake and Caryn Ludwig, B.A.
Madden, Angie McGinnis, McKinstry Charitable Foundation, Justin and Merry Merth, Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney,
Pc, Angelika Mitchell, Dennis Moore, Moore, Cockrell, Goicoechea & Axelberg, P.C., Myles and Bethany Morris, Mickey and Francie
Mulholland, Dr. Roger and Margaret Newman, Lora O’Connor, Patricia O’Keefe, Paoli Kutzman, P.C., Erik and Paula Peterson, Phillips
Haffey, PC, Pierce Flooring, Linda Pijon, Powell Surveying - Inc, Prudential Montana Real Estate, Ron Ramsbacher, Carl Rebich, Red
Robin of Missoula, Reep, Bell & Laird, PC, Rick Fuhrman and Christine E. Coffin, Gary Lynn and Nancy Roberts, Roger Ahrens and
Judith Watkins, Rotary Club of Hamilton, Russ Read, D.D.S and Judy Frey, S.G.L. Investment Advisors Inc., Bonnie Schaer, Larry and
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Donors continued
Bonnie Schaer, M. J. and Dr. Michael Schutte, Donald and Mary Shaughnessy, Kay and Bob Sheridan, Jennifer Standley, Dr. Michael Stebbins, Stevensville United Methodist Church, Strauch Law Firm,
Marguerite and Ronald Taylor, Darlene and Ed Timmerhoff, Tollefson Construction - Inc., Anne and Claude Tonnerre, Torrent Technologies, Karen and Burke Townsend, Gayle and Dick Walton, Chris and
Lori Warden, Wayne Chamberlain and Elizabeth Grimley, M.D., Weber Greiser and Mary Langenderfer, Wells Fargo Advisors, Wendy Wing and Mark Kathrein, Whitefish Credit Union, Heather and Andy
Wilcox, Pat Williams, Williams Law Firm, Betty Winchell, Tom and Leslie Wozniak, Denise and Roy Zimmer
Donors $1 to $249
Carolyn Abbott, Ilana Abrahamson, Abrei Cloud and Michael Schaedel, Bill and Olga Adams, Advertiser Montana Printing, Affordable Drain Cleaning, Kirk Ahlberg, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, M David Allen, Sarah Allen, Ruthy Allen, ALPS, Claudia Alt, Dan Alt, Linda Ambelang,
Diane Amdor, Elizabeth Ametsbichler, Wolfgang Ametsbichler, Mary Lou and Bruce Amsden, Janet Anderer, Janet and Morris Andersen, Kendra Anderson, Estella and Jay Anderson, Maria Anderson, Jennifer Anderson, Bobbi Anderson, Katherine Anderson, Janet Anderson, Alex and Marlene Anderson, Danelle Anderson, Ann Mary Johnson and Marise Johnson, Jamie Antrim Gunlock, Cynthia Aplin, Alan Applebury, Cindy Archer, Yvonne Arena, Jonathan Arm, Jennifer Arm, Janet Armstrong, Clint and Joni Arneson, Stephen and Bonnie Arno, Melissa and Matt Arno, Ashley Arntson Lord, Suzanne and Donald Artley, Ray and Jeanne
Arvish, Lindsey Ashmore, Bethany Atkins, Charles Auch, Dick Auerbach, John Ault, Emily Ausbrook, Jonathan Ayers, Donald and Marcia Babowicz, Clint Baertsch, Lori Bagley, Jeffrey Baker, DeeDe Baker, Stephen Baker, Dorleen and Phil Bakke, Amber Ball, Karen Ball, Lee and William Ballard, Kristin Balogh, Kandice
Baney, Sarah Bannon, Bridget Barker, Marie Barnes, Cheryl Barr, Camille Barraclough, Flower Bartholomew, Cliff Bateman, Rebecca Bates, Max Bauer, Michael Baugh, Dayna Baumeister, Aaron Bay, Donna Beall, Bill and Luci Bean, Marjorie Bear Don’t Walk, Stacy and Tom Bears, Jo Beck, Taylore Beckman, Linda
and Wayne Beddow, Maria Bednorski, Cathy Beecher, Pamela Before, Lindsay Beighle, Richard Beighle, Bruce Beighle, John Bell, Kenneth and Vikki Bell, Carolyn and Charles Bell, Judy Benjamin, Leslie Bennett, Becky Bennett, Donna Bennett, Stephanie Bennetts, Robert Benson, Julie and Adam Benson, James
and Michele Benson, Janine Benyus, Dave and Brenda Berenyi, Jackie Berenyi, Katherine Berg, Kaye Bergman, Adele Bergstrom, Fred and Cathy Beringer, Lewzon Bertek, Jennifer Bertland, Penny Bertram, Linda Bierbach, Erin Bills, Kim and William Birck, John Bird, Gillian Bishop, Bitterroot Sub-Station, Bitterroot
Valley People First, Mary Blair, Carol and Ross Blair, Barbara Blanchard, Lois Blevins, Jennifer Blood, Jeanne Bloom, Ellen and Blaine Bloomgren, Jeanne Bloomquist, Sandra and Bruce Blotkamp, Chad Blotkamp, Cheryl Boberg, Anne Bochlke, Linda Bodick, Tammy Bodlovic, Rebecca Bodnar, Marci Boehm, John
Bohlinger, Wease Bollan, Hope Bollig, Sandra Bollom, Shaun Bonneau, David Boring, Rika Botzet, Gary Bowler, Michael and Jennifer Bowman, Mary Box, Patrick Boyle, Mary Boyle, Joanne Boyles, Christine Bradley, Phyllis Bradsby, Cheryl Bramsen, Daniel and Rebecca Brandborg, Loren Brandt, Vincent Bray,
Thomas Bray, Megan Brennan, Cathy Brenneman, Mary Breton, Kathleen Brewer, Keolani and Robert Brewer, Christine Brick, Betsy Bridge, Ronald Brien, Elizabeth Briggs, Melanie Brock, Kate Brooke, Charlotte Brooke, Vivian and Joseph Brooke, Anders Brooker, Talasi Brooks, Susan and James Brown, Carlee Brown,
R & B Brown, Sandra Brown, Claudia and Robert Brown, Jenifer Brown, Teresa Brown, Chris Brown, Anita Brown, Dr. John and Virginia Browne, Erin Browning, Joanna Browning, Joseph Browning, Kristen Browning, Dori Brownlow, Carol Bruneau, Marilyn Bruya, Eric Bucy, Adam Bucy, Jolie Buffalo, Nancy and Bruce
Bugbee, Megan Bugoni, Susan Buhr, Victoria Bunn, Amber Burdeau, Leslie and Greg Burham, Nancy Burke, Roberta Burnett, Nicholas Burton, Sage Butcher, Polly Butler, E.J. Butts, Carly Buwalda, Brian Bybee, Caroline Byrd, Rebecca Byrne, Erwin and Ethel Byrnes, Katherine Caballero, Pat and Edna Cahill, Kay
Cain, Judi Calahan, Jason and Danielle Calder, Barbara Callaghan, Sally Cameron-Russell, Kelsi Camp, Dr. Mary Ellen Campbell, Duncan and Kimberly Campbell, Canyon View Church, Randy Cardoza, Tania Cardwell, Chris and Megan Carey, Lorraine Carlson, Sara Carlson, Katie Carlson, Sandy Carlson, Daniel Carney,
Mark Carpenter, Mindy Carver, Brian Casman, Hedi Casquilho-Gray, Kim Castagne, Michelle Cechovic, June Cechovic, Brad Cederberg, Wayne Chamberlain, Tim and Lisa Chamberlain, Barbara Chaney, Charles Renner and Susan Moore, Robin and John Cheetham, Barbara Cherosky, Lilian Chiang, Ray Chiang, Eileen
Chontos, Helen Christensen, Aminda Cihlar, Amy Cilimburg, Ralph Cinfio, Jack Citrin, Sarah Citrin, Jim Clark, Kelly Clark, Ramona and Clarence Clark, Joanne Cleveland, Clinton Farms Greenhouse, Pamela Clute, Kathleen Clute, Kristen Clute, Caitlin Clute, Susan Clymens, Darci and Lane Coddington, Jack and
Patricia Cohen, John Coley, Rebecca Collinson, Susan Colyer, Companion Pet Clinic, Brigitte Conner, Paul Conrad, Ruth Conroy, Constance Deklewa and Thomas McQuillan, Kari and Brodie Cooney, Jere Cooper, Pamala Cooper, Brigitte Cooper, Lauren Corcoran, Cori Ash and Eric Rasmussen, Justine Cornell, Sunni
Corr, Patricia Corrigan-Ekness, Corvallis American Legion Auxilliary, Unit #91, Corvallis Tavern, Thomas Cosenza, Amy Coseo, Terry Cosgrove, Jim and Becky Cote, Dan and Molly Cottrell, Jessica Counts, Leigh Ann Courville, Theresa and Randy Cox, Judy Cox, Janine Cox, Eric Coyle, Janet and Bill Crandall, Chris Crane,
Tina Crane, Deeann Cranmore, Cassandra Cranston, Diana Crants, CRD Timber & Logging, Barbara and Donald Creveling, Ina Crist, Lindsay Crocker, Margaret Cronin, Kari Cronk, Mark Crosbie, Candice Crosby, William Crow, Colleen Crowley, Alice Crum, Carlos Cruz, Cienna Cullen, Julia and Jonathan Cummings, Dr.
Kim and Marilyn Curtis, Kathy Dahood, Lynn Daily, Mitzi Daily, Bill Daily, Marty and Terri Daily, Blane Dale, Robert Daniels, Richard Daniels, Christine Dascenzo, John and Kathryn Datsopoulos, Joan and Milton Datsopoulos, Datsopoulos, MacDonald and Lind, Danielle Dauenhauer, Daniel Daufel, Diane Daugherty,
Caroline Davis, Rhonda Davis, Danelle Davis, Virginia De Leo, Kim DeAnda, Travis Deaton, Lucy and Bob Deaton, Rhonda and Steve Decker, Debra Decker, Deffy’s Motel, John and Jennifer Degroot, Crystal Delaney, Marshall Delano, Patrick and Katherine DelHomme, Barbara Denman, Padraig Dennehy, Jane and
George Dennison, Brian and Kathy Derry, Tom Deveny, Tom and Beverly Devine, Shirley and Walter Dezell, Beatriz Diaz, Peter Didonato, David and Roz Diggs, Greg Dillon, Jennifer Dinges, Sherri Dingley, DIRECTV, Dana Dister, DJ’s Electric, Tracy Dobie, Jenna Dodge, Heather Dokken, LeAnn Dolly-Powell, Jessica
Domitrovich, Janet and Edward Donahue, Done Right Foundations, Dennis Doney, Lynette and David Donkle, Cheryl Dooley, Jim and Colleen Doolittle, Cathy Dorle, Tracey Dorsett, Gregory Dorsett, Sarsfield and Teresa Dougherty, Stacy Dougherty, Dorothy Douglas, Marc Dousset, Cheryl Drake, Jon and Karen Driessen,
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meet our kids
Angela
Angela had been living in a nearby community when she was
removed from her mother and step father’s home based on abuse
and neglect allegations. At age 6, she was placed into “kinship care” with
her paternal grandma, a woman she had only met once at the age of three.
In the beginning of our involvement with Angela and her grandma, Angela
was having violent verbal and physical outbursts, oftentimes causing injury
to her grandma. She would also inflict pain on herself by banging her head
on the floor or on the walls. She and her grandma were provided weekly
in-home therapeutic services and support, 24/7 on-call crisis intervention
assistance and Circle of Security parenting instruction. Due to the diligent
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efforts put into the care and supervision of Angela by DFFCP, her grandma was able to help Angela settle in and make a home. Angela made remarkable progress learning how to trust and be vulnerable with her grandma rather than lashing out in anger. Even though she still had outbursts
and difficulties managing her feelings and her pain, she learned to trust her grandma with her care and security. It was Angela’s relationship with
her grandma that helped her see the world as a much safer, more optimistic place. It was her grandma’s relationship with our office that helped
transform an angry, hurt child into a trusting and loving little girl with hopes for a happy future.
meet our kids
Jessie
Jessie overcame years of abuse, neglect and self-harm to find family, passion, confidence and hope for the future. Until last summer, Jessie
had never been part of a healthy, supportive, normal family. As a child in Texas, she witnessed her parent’s drug use and her mother’s mental illness, and she underwent sexual abuse at the hands of her father. At age 7, when her parents separated, she and her siblings moved to Montana
to live with their grandparents. Here, she continued to experience sexual abuse by her grandfather and uncle. Jessie did not know who to trust,
or the difference between love and abuse, care and neglect.
At age 10, Jessie and her siblings were removed from her grandparents’ home. Jessie entered a foster
home, where she lashed out by stealing, and exhibited obsessive behaviors like hoarding. Unable to stay
with her foster family, she was moved to Youth Homes’ Talbot Home for Girls, where she continued the
same activities and began to physically harm herself. Jessie was traumatized and socially anxious; she
could not maintain her school enrollment and was soon hospitalized. For the next three years, Jessie
bounced from hospital to group home to treatment center, and finally maintained progress at a local rehabilitation center. When asked where she wanted to live, she said that she had felt most safe and cared for
at the Talbot Home for Girls, and she returned to the care of Youth Homes.
It was in her next year and a half living at the Talbot Home for Girls that Jessie found safety, confidence
and ultimately, a family. She committed to therapy and built relationships with staff, learning coping
skills to keep from self-harming. She began to see herself as a survivor and her childhood as something
that she could overcome. She gained control of her life, and began doing well in school. She even developed a passion for the sport of fencing, an outlet which gave her a sense of accomplishment and strength.
During her first summer at Talbot, Jessie was able to visit her two brothers and their adopted family in
New Jersey after being apart for five years. Her siblings’ adopted grandparents took an interest in Jessie,
and soon offered her a foster home. She and her therapist participated in family therapy with them by
phone and she visited again the following summer to build their relationship. Today, Jessie lives with the
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ily, and she is thriving. She attends one of the best fencing schools in the
country, and is aiming to attend college after she turns 18 this summer
(she might even come back to attend the University of Montana). Jessie
overcame her past, worked through her trauma and is entering adulthood
whole and hopeful, with the support of trusted adults. This is the vision
that we have for all of our kids at Youth Homes.
meet our kids
Josie
This time of year, the darkness of winter days is long and pervasive;
the light is fleeting and we sometimes need reminding that we have started
the journey back toward the warmth of spring. This is how it is with our kids
at the Flathead Youth Home. They arrive at our door with big problems and
enormous needs. We know that like the long winter journey to spring, healing takes time. When kids come into our care, we are given the opportunity
to make that journey with them and sometimes, the light shines so brightly.
Josie lived at the Flathead Youth Home multiple times during her formative years. She was placed with us by Youth Court for minor offenses, but the deeper issue was the hard reality that Josie had been left on her own. Years
before, when her home imploded, there was no one left to nurture and support this young and confused girl. Over the years, we have gathered pictures of
Josie that look more like a family scrapbook than the life of a girl growing up in the system: a day at the museum, a birthday celebration, time with friends
on the porch, playing soccer. We have been there for many of the big moments of her life. We are as much of a family to her as anything she has known.
With us, Josie was able to obtain her GED, get a job, open a bank account and start saving money for her future. Her life looked so different from
those early days of loss and confusion. There was fullness in places that once looked so empty. Last month, when Josie turned 18, it meant that
she would be moving into her own apartment – on her own for the first time since things first fell apart. On her birthday, we said ‘good-bye’ to her,
but told her it would not be for the last time – and Josie shined. We’ll look for her in the future in the next photo in our family album.