Best Youth Club Evansville Near Me

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Owned and operated by your Evansville Rescue Mission, the Youth Care Center (YCC) serves as a refuge for Tri-State boys and girls in their time of need.

Located at 727 Chestnut Street, the Evansville Rescue Mission’s Youth Care Center (YCC) is a juvenile detention center for boys and girls between the ages of 12-17 years old living in Vanderburgh County and the surrounding counties.

Founded by Richard A. Alvis and Roger Mason, the YCC began as a multi-faceted facility for residential services in 1982 and then transitioned into a detention center for juvenile males in 1995 with the girl’s detention center opening in 2007.

As with each of your Evansville Rescue Mission’s ministry divisions, the Youth Care Center needs a variety of supplies from time to time. Please refer to this needs list to find out exactly what the YCC needs.

Besides supplies, we could always use volunteer assistance at the Youth Care Center, specifically mentors for our youth and motivational speakers. Being that the YCC is a juvenile detention center, we adhere to the guidelines established by the Department of Correction to protect the confidentiality of our residents. Therefore, every potential volunteer completes and signs a confidentiality agreement before volunteering.

The YCC welcomes church groups and local agencies to volunteer their time by participating in any of the following activities:

Local agencies are invited to visit the YCC and present their respective programs and services to our clients.

If you’re interested in volunteering or would like a tour of the Youth Care Center,

**All placements for either the S.A.F.E. or S.T.A.G.E. unit are made by the local juvenile judicial system or law enforcement.

The S.A.F.E. unit provides 32 beds for juvenile males. This unit is committed to instilling dignity, honor, and respect into each resident while maintaining a very safe, secure, and structured environment.

The S.T.A.G.E. Unit is an all-female unit providing eight secure beds by compassionate, attentive, and resourceful staff.

During their stay, males and females participate in the following activities:

• “Success For Teens”—This book is read by all YCC residents, it is incorporated into the level system and it is discussed in weekly groups. “Success For Teens” encourages residents to learn to make practical decisions to succeed in life.

• Reading Groups, led by Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library volunteers (Central location)

• Sex Education class, taught by the Aids Resource Group and Nurse Practitioner Jennie Hiam

• Career Days: Local professionals visit the YCC and present their occupation, testimony, and steps to reach personal success

• Community Organization Days: Residents learn about the different programs and services offered to our local community

• Ongoing Education: Residents can maintain their education by either regularly meeting with the YCC’s assigned Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation teacher or individually work to acquire their GED with our certified GED instructors from CAPE

If ordered by the Vanderburgh County Juvenile Court, residents will participate in the following activities:

All residents complete the MAYSI-2 Brief Mental Health Assessment upon admission.

The MAYSI-2 alerts staff to any immediate mental health needs and critical concerns in order to best care for the residents. Results of the MAYSI-2 are provided to the Vanderburgh County Juvenile Court to create a continuum of care beyond the YCC.

4worldlovers:

YR’s mission is to inspire and develop our community of youth to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and civic engagement. Since 1987 we’ve worked with over 149,850 students and funded more than 3,310 service projects in 6 counties. Our alumni give, serve, and lead in education, healthcare, business, law, nonprofits, tech and more, using the skills they learned through YR’s programs.


Last year our students served over 8,000 hours with more than 100 local organizations, and they planned 63 service projects with their peers. They opened their hearts to the needs in our community and put their hands to work making a difference.


Learn more about our four programs and meet our students, alumni and donors in our annual Community Investment Report. The report includes dates for our special events, as well as interviews with program participants. If you’ve ever been curious about YR, this piece is a great resource on who we are and what we do!