Our Mission
Our mission is to strengthen youth and families through evidence-based programs that prevent substance abuse, promote healthy behaviors, and maximize student success.
Youth First exists to strengthen and transform the lives of young people and their families. Youth First Social Workers provide specialized mentoring and caring support to students in partnering schools, readily available to assess and address students, family and school needs. Youth First prevention programs give kids the readiness, resiliency, and relationship skills needed to face life’s challenges.
Youth First in
Daviess County
To book a speaker, support, donate, volunteer, or advocate for Youth First in Daviess County, contact Janay Sharp, Regional Development Officer.
Find out more about Youth First Social Workers available in Daviess County
Parenting in a Digital World
Counties, Youth First BlogBy Haley Droste, LSW – May 26, 2021 – Today’s youth have never known a time that was not heavily focused on the digital world. Even before a global pandemic shifted work, school, and social events to online spaces, children today have been experiencing a childhood that is very different from that of their parents. […]
Children Process Grief at Camp Memories
All Posts, Counties, Youth First BlogBy Laura Keys, LCSW, and Heather Miller, LCSW – May 21 2021- More than half a million Americans have died of COVID-19 and, in Indiana, families are grieving the loss of nearly 15,000 loved ones. The pandemic will define a generation of children who lost a parent, grandparent or caregiver. A recent study estimates 43,000 […]
2021 Youth First Passport to Adventure Virtual Auction
Counties, Youth First BlogThis year’s Passport to Adventure Auction will be a virtual event held on May 13, 2021, at 7:00 pm. Online bidding begins May 3. The program will be live streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel (Youth First Indiana). Click here for all of the info!