Profile: Youth Development Institute

Our Vision...

is of a therapeutic community, a village where children can find a place to belong and grow, where they can create identity through lasting relationships with caring adults, where they find a home for the heart and spirit, a place of healing and hope.

Our Mission...

is to provide developmental, educational and economic opportunities for disadvantaged and troubled youth so that they may mature into responsible and successful adults. YDI is also a laboratory where effective practices in the field of child and youth care work can be documented, demonstrated and disseminated.

Youth Development Institute (YDI) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that provides rehabilitation and treatment services for youth and their families.  YDI was incorporated in Arizona of October of 1996 and first licensed by Arizona's Office of Behavioral Health Licensure (OBHL) for residential services in June of 1997.  At a seven-acre campus located in central Phoenix we provide a full range of education, rehabilitation and intensive treatment services including academic programming, family, group and individual counseling, therapeutic recreation, living skills training and personal development.  Overall, the program is highly structured, with supervised activities, groups or classes scheduled for every waking hour.