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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services
Mission: Janus youth programs is a leader in creating innovative, community-based services which enhance the quality of life for children, youth, and families. We work in partnership with others to create a safe and healthy community.
Programs: Residential services - five long and short-term residential and shelter programs that provide mental health services and specialized treatment and care for males and females aged 12 to 24 who are in state custody, either through the oregon department of human services or the oregon youth authority. The long-term goal is to facilitate a successful return to home and family or to independent living in the community.
insights teen parent programs - an array of services provided to young parents and pregnant teenagers, including case management, parenting education/support groups, safe supervised apartment living, and support to attend and complete high school, obtain a ged, or work toward employment.
runaway youth services - temporary shelter and family crisis intervention services for runaway youth designed to facilitate a return to home or alternative community setting, and to provide linkage with ongoing follow-up services. Additional programmatic service includes operation of the reception center which offers law enforcement an alternative to a locked setting for youth with curfew violations, active runaway reports, and misdemeanors, and the department of human services' child abuse hotline for multnomah, clackamas, and washington counties.