Mission
The mission of Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary is: To create and provide a safe, nurturing environment where our youth live, learn, trust and thrive. We pursue our mission through quality programming, exceptional services and state of the art projects that address emotional, physical and spiritual needs of our youth. Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary supports the continued growth of our youth by encouraging life long skills that will assist them in their transition into the community and will allow them to become productive, empowered adults. |
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Since 1962, the Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary (JYS) has reached more than 5,000 children who were on the street, in detention centers, and without hope. Many of these children were involved in the child welfare system, having been removed from their homes due to suffering abuse or neglect from their primary caretakers. These young people in Jacksonville have been provided successful programming to keep them safe, stable, and healthy, and to enhance their ability to grow into mature, responsible and independent adults.
JYS is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing environment where youth live, learn, trust, and thrive. The organization’s objectives include creating permanency for abused or neglected youth; providing residential group home care that are as homelike as possible for youths with no other placement options; providing mental health counseling to assist youth to process emotional and behavioral issues arising from abuse, neglect, and separation from their primary caretakers.
JYS is committed to changing our youths’ lives in a positive and effective way.
