70 Years of Impact - Youth Service, Inc.

Youth Service, Inc. Celebrates 70 Years of Care for Families, Youth, and Children

​By Gwen Bailey, Executive Director YSI
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As Youth Service, Inc. (YSI) celebrates 70 years of bringing crucial services and resources to the community, it is important to reflect on our history and to continue to progress by growing, adapting, and responding to the communities we serve’s ever-changing needs. Over the years, YSI has had many firsts:​

• The city’s first program serving children in their own homes, which served as a model program for the Philadelphia Department of Human Services.
• One of Philadelphia’s first family preservation programs.
• The first shelter in the area to allow youth of different races to share rooms.
• First crisis nursery childcare program in Philadelphia.
• The first to bring the Healthy Families America model of child abuse prevention to Pennsylvania.
• ​Your support has been critical to these milestones and our impact. Thank you for building a tradition that has lasted 70 years. Thank you for helping Philadelphia’s children, youth, and families through our programs. And above all, thank you for the ongoing support that will ensure YSI’s impact for many years to come and we work toward our affiliation with People’s Emergency Center.
  

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