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 reporthere.
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.
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
Child Enrichment Fund...Christmas 12 months a year...
As with most organizations that provide Human Services, BYS is showered with support from our friends at Christmas. It is obviously the season for giving, for considering the welfare of those less fortunate. We always appreciate donations that can be used for our General Fund...as I have mentioned before, the boring stuff. For those who would like to direct their donation be used for the children in a more direct form, we recommend the Child Enrichment Fund. The initial dollars for this fund came from a longtime donor who simply desired the money to be as follows: "Any activity that would bring instant gratifications". Below is a list of some of the activities and events the fund is used for:
Graduation
Caps & Gowns
Senior Pictures
Class Rings
Senior Trips
Yearbooks
Symphonies
Ballet
Plays
Amusement Parks
Movies
Dances
Christmas Gifts
Prom-Dresses and Tuxedos
Flowers
Dinner out
Football Games
Educational Trips
Birthday Gifts
We use this fund to give our kids some of the fun stuff in life and it allows us the flexibility to do that year round.
Thank you for making an investment in a child's future.
Happy Holidays to You and Yours,
Garry Cobb
Director of Development
Dedication of Art Studio
The "Jerry Carton Art Studio was dedicated on September 12th, 2009. Jerry's family was joined by BYS board members, staff, friends and children as a self portrait and plaque were unveiled. Jerry had worked as "artist in residence" for 35 years before his passing this spring and had introduced self discovery through art to hundreds of children over the years. We want to thank Jerry's wife Jeanne and his daughters Tara and Carrie for "loaning" us Jerry for so many years...both his talent and the twinkle in his eye will be missed.
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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/
