Youth and Family Services at Valley Cities help to build stronger communities by supporting children ages 5 and up and their families with services that holistically address emotional and behavioral challenges, trauma, and basic needs. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, groups for children, youth, and parents, and peer support for parents.
How We Help
We partner with children and their families, and other important people in their lives, to:
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Help them grow and succeed
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Ensure basic needs are met such as food, housing, and health
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Work toward wellness and build resilience
We help children and their families build their own networks of support and learn how to talk and work with others. We listen and help them find their own voice and learn how to get the help they need. Building resiliency is a critical component of what we do at Valley Cities. Since many of our clients come to us feeling hopeless, it’s so important that we work with them to harness their inner strength.
WE TELL THEM THERE IS HOPE. THEY ARE VALUED.
School-Based Counseling
Our school-based counselors work in local districts to help students with social-emotional growth, improve behavior and peer relationship skills, and help children succeed in all domains of life.
Prevention and Community Support Program
The Prevention and Community Support Program strengthens communities and empowers youth by providing trauma informed prevention and early intervention programs that address at young person’s ability to be resilient and heal from hard life events. The Real Talk for Teens facilitator uses a best-practice model, The SELF Psychoeducational Group Curriculum, which focuses on safety, emotions, loss, and future.
Program Coordinators provide in-school groups and support services for youth experiencing challenges that may be preventing them from reaching their full potential. Currently, only select middle schools and high schools in the Federal Way area are being served by the Prevention and Community Support Program.
