Youth Bridge is a non-profit agency in northern Arkansas. Their services include providing safe havens and individual treatment plans, aftercare, prevention programs, and transitional living.

They have the Journey Program, which provides treatment for substance abuse and other behavioral disorders. It offers comprehensive residential treatment for teenage boys from 14 to 18 years old. They are taken through a twelve-step plan that involves learning new and productive daily living skills.

There is also the Bell Program, which is a group “foster care” program for young ladies in the Department of Children and Family Services system from age 16 to 18 who do not have stable housing. The program is aimed at preparing these young women for adulthood by participating in program goals, education, independent case plans, and therapeutic activities.

Youth Bridge also has the Emergency Shelter Program, which is a year round emergency shelter for at-risk youth from 13 to 18 years old, that can help them achieve both short-term and long-term needs. Basic needs are met, counseling and targeted case management is provided for substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, mental health issues and behavioral problems. School or continuation placement and transportation are also provided. If these young adults cannot be reconnected with their families, longer-term placement is sought out.