Juneau Youth Services, Inc.

juneau youth services (jys) is a comprehensive behavioral health provider for children and youth, and their families. over fifty years ago, juneau youth services (then called the juneau receiving home) met the needs of runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth. a lot has changed in fifty years, but our commitment to youth in crisis hasn’t. we began operations in 1961 and currently provide a full array of emergency, residential, and community-based programs, including both mental health and chemical dependency services. our overall admission philosophy at jys is to provide individualized, strengths-based wraparound services to children and families – provided in the most normative and least restrictive settings. this translates into providing programs that simulate homelike environments that emphasize the child’s development of positive, nurturing relationships and the skills needed to be successful within the community and in life. a primary goal for all of our programs is to maintain or