Valley Youth House Careers in Allentown, PA

Established in 1973, the mission of Valley Youth House is to provide prevention and intervention services, shelter, counseling, life skills and behavioral health services to abused, neglected, and homeless youth and their families. Programs foster positive growth enabling at-risk youth and their families to become healthy, productive, and responsible members of the community. Protection from abuse, neglect and family disintegration is achieved through a strategy involving prevention, crisis intervention and long-term help. Valley Youth House provides services to over 11,000 youth and families annually, including children and teenagers who are neglected, abused, truant, emotionally troubled, drug-involved, pregnant, homeless or delinquent. A 28-member Board of Directors leads the organization. Professional staff (totaling over 300 people), community volunteers, and student interns provide services in area schools, community sites, client homes, and at the agency’s 43-acre camp, as wel