Youth Service Bureau

325 W. Aaron Drive, State College, PA 16803

237-5731 (main office), 234-2100 (hotline)

Email: info@ccysb.com

Website: www.ccysb.com

The Centre County Youth Service Bureau is home to the following programs that can be accessed directly:

A 4-bed residential shelter for homeless, runaway or at-risk youth ages 12-18 who can stay up to 21 days. Hotline: 234-2100

An 8-bed program designed to aid youth ages 16 to 20 with no safe place to live, designed to help them become independent.

Provides long-term, one-to-one relationships between trained volunteers and at-risk youth ages 5-17.

Provides drop-in centers in Bellefonte and Snow Shoe, along with prevention and education activities for youth in their own neighborhoods.

Provides planning and facilitation to assist families in tackling a problem or making a tough decision.

Offers in-home education to parents struggling with parenting children under age 10.

In addition, YSB offers the following services accessible through county agencies:

A nine-bed home for girls ages 12-19 who have no other safe place to live.

A 12-bed home for boys ages 12-19 who have no other safe place to live.

Assists in the safe return of children who have been removed from their own homes.

Addresses home conditions that may lead to removal of children and/or homelessness.

In addition to professional staff and volunteers, all YSB programs are assisted by:

AmeriCorps workers provide support to youth involved in programming through mentoring, tutoring and teaching life skills.

This story was originally published June 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Youth Service Bureau."