Founded in 1966, Trinity provides quality programs in the therapeutic environments to abused and neglected children, serving over 1,000 children on a daily basis.
1. When and where did Trinity Youth Services start?
2. Where are you located?
3. What does Trinity Youth Services do?
4. Is Trinity Youth Services a state or private agency?
5. How are you different from other children’s services organizations?
6. Is Trinity Youth Services a religious organization?
7. How many children does Trinity Youth Services serve?
8. Who places children with Trinity YOuth Services?
9. Can I tour your facilities?
10. Do you have a newsletter?
11. How can I contact you?
1.When and where did Trinity Youth Services start?
Trinity Youth Services began in 1966 as the Guadalupe Home for Boys in a renovated ranch style home in Yucaipa, California. See our History page for more information.
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2. Where are you located?
Trinity Youth Services, which has residential campuses, group homes, and foster care offices in Northern and Southern California, Nevada, and Texas.
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3. What does Trinity Youth Services do?
Trinity Youth Services helps neglected, abused, and abandoned children transform themselves into healthy and productive adults through foster care and residential services in a safe and nurturing environment.
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4. Is Trinity Youth Services a state or private agency?
Trinity Youth Services is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. While state payments for residents and foster children and federal grants make up most of our operational funding, we rely on private contributions to provide essential enhancements to our programs.
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5. How are you different from other children’s services organizations?
The Trinity difference lies in our unique methodologies that help children to heal and improve on all levels, and our provision of support services and other "essential extras" to children and families in crisis. These proven therapeutic and educational methods as well as our services that go above and beyond basic care have helped many Trinity children and youth reintegrate with their families, obtain permanent placement, or successfully emancipate.
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6.Is Trinity Youth Services a religious organization?
No, Trinity Youth Services is a highly diverse nonsectarian non-profit organization. However, the organization was founded by three Greek Orthodox Church priests and the Greek Orthodox community continues to provide support to our programs.
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7. How many children does Trinity Youth Services serve?
Trinity Youth Services serves an annual average of more than 1,500 children a day across the western United States. Since opening in 1966, we have helped more than 48,000 children and youth create a new beginning to a brighter future.
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8. Who places children with Trinity Youth Services?
State agencies, such as Child Protective Services, Departments of Children and Families, and Probation Departments, refer children who, because of abuse, neglect, abandonment, family instability, or delinquency, cannot live with their natural families.
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9. Can I tour your facilities?
Yes, please call our development Community Relations Specialist at 909.825.558, Ext. 235 to schedule a tour of the Trinity Youth Services office or campus nearest you.
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10. Do you have a newsletter?
Yes, our newsletter is available for both foster care and residential programs are available to professionals in the field. You can subscribe to our newsleter by contacting our Community Relations Specialist at 909.825.5588. There is also a newsletter available from our supporting organization, Trinity Children's Foundation. That is available by visiting their website at www.trinitychildrensfoundation.org.
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11. How can I contact you?
See our contact page for more information on contacting a specific department or local office.
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For further information about Trinity's programs and services, please use the Contact Us form below. For information about volunteering and donating to help Trinity break the cycle of child abuse and neglect, please see the links above to those pages.