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Caring For Missouri Children Since 1963

Since 1963, children and adolescents with the most serious social and emotionally challenging conditions have found refuge in Butterfield Youth Services. BYS is accredited by Council on Accreditation (COA), and affiliated with recognized state and national childcare standards organizations.

BYS Programs offer various choices and opportunities for children and families with different needs. Each program reaches a group of troubled children who are in need of special services, love, and an accepting community in which to live and grow. BYS provides specialized treatment and educational support Services across all of the programs.

BYS supporters can Donate Online in full confidence their transactions are secure. We invite you to join with us in our mission to better the lives of the children and youth we serve. You may also view our annual report here.

We are accepting applications for caring compassionate people who want to work with children. Please check our job opportunitiesand see if there is something that would suit your schedule.

Our current Board of Directors list may be found here. We appreciate all that this voluntary board does for the staff and children at BYS.

If your Church or Organization would like to "Adopt a Ranch" for a Christmas project or other occasion, please contact Garry Cobb, Development Director at garrycobb@bys-kids.orgfor more information. Check out our Wish Listfor other needed items.

Butterfield Youth Services provides a continuum of programs for children requiring out-of-home care. BYS provides specialized treatment and educational support Servicesacross all of the programs.

View our IRS Form 990

Butterfield Programs

Residential Care: Specialized care and treatment provided in group homes of various designs and locations withing BYS.

Day Treatment: Specialized care and treatment for children who are able to live in their own family homes. BYS transports those children daily, to and from the BYS Center and their family homes.

Foster Care: Specialized care and treatment provided in licensed community family homes. BYS recruits, trains and licenses the participating families and all children placed in TFC homes remain eligible for all ongoing services of BYS and the BYS School.

Latest News & Events

If you have a few minutes.....

We recently ask some of our Staff and Board Members to sit down and talk about the programs and history of Butterfield Youth Services, please take a few moments to watch and learn. As always please contact us if you have any questions. garrycobb@bys-kids.org

10 Ways you can remember our children when planning your estate:

1. Include a simple bequest in you Will to continue the work you have supported during your life.
2. Leave a percentage of your estate or your residual estate to Butterfield Youth Services instead of a set amount.
3. Consider making a gift of securities, real estate or personal property
4. Name Butterfield Youth Services contingent or final beneficiary of your estate in the event you outlive all your personal heirs.
5. Purchase life insurance making Butterfield Youth Services the beneficiary. You may also convert and existing policy when your family responsibilities decrease.
6. Contribute your real estate now but live in for the rest of your life. Enjoy and immediate tax deduction for the value of the charitable remainder interest.
7. Give now for income later as part of your retirement planning. Fund a deferred payment gift annuity and enjoy and income tax deduction now; Start to receive income payments now (partially tax-free) when you retire.
8. Establish a special fund to carry out a part of Butterfield�s work that is important to you.
9. Designate your donation for our �Child Enrichment Fund� to be used solely for the needs of the children.
10. Donate to our Capital campaign for our building fund, become a Cornerstone contributor.

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		BYS is accredited nationally as a Children's Residential Treatment Center, by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children (COA) http://www.coanet.org/