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		<title>Youth and Families First is Growing and Moving Forward!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Youth and Families First is growing and moving forward by adding  two new positions and  a new program.  We now are welcoming our new counseling program for the LGBTQ population! It is an exciting way Youth and Families First can spread our mission to helping teens and young adults deal with life. Youth and Families First also has added a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth and Families First, Direct Support Services Provider, Seeks Donations to Take Client Records System to the Next Level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Youth and Families First will be more efficient, serve more at-risk clients and dedicate more family support resources to client care by upgrading their paper records to a web-based electronic records system. “This system will provide us with real time updates for client data,” said Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Youth and Families First Kourtney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Staff Promotions To Leverage Support Services Experience at Youth and Families First</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Horacio Sanchez has been promoted from team leader to program coordinator of the Youth and Family First Mentoring Program. “Horacio will oversee the day-to-day operations of the mentoring program, manage agency mentor referrals and supervise mentor staff,” Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Youth and Families First Kourtney Stafford.  “Horacio will be making a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New LGBTQ counselor Joins Youth and Family Services Staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Youth and Family Services recently welcomed Marta Grisson, MAPC to the staff as the clinic launches a specific menu of behavioral health services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ) community. Grisson who will provide individual, family and group therapy services for the LGBTQ community has also previously worked counseling homeless youth. “Youth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth and Families First CEO Becomes Chair of Maricopa County LGBT Consortium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Youth and Families First Kourtney Stafford was recently elected as one of the co-chairs of the Maricopa County LGBT Consortium. “As chair I want to be an ally for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ)  community and I want to provide quality services for youth, parents of youth or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dedicated Staff Makes a Difference at YFF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether they are paid staff or volunteers, the staff at Youth and Families First makes the difference at this non-profit in Glendale, Arizona offering counseling, skills training and development, living skills training and behavioral health prevention, promotion and education. “All staff are community based and work with the youth and families in their own environments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth and Families First Reach Out to LGBTQ Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“This community has specific and unique needs beyond every day challenges,” said Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Youth and Families First Kourtney Stafford about the new LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning) programs that are being offered at Youth and Families First, a non-profit in Glendale. The new group of services being offered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth and Family Services Finds Success with Creative Services and Solutions Built Around the Individual Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An autistic child with diabetes and other medical problems was acting out. He had tantrums three to five times a day which was difficult to manage by his grandmother and grandfather who are raising him. After Nicole Johnson from Youth and Family Services worked with this child, he had a 30 day period without any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Shift Creates Opportunity to Give Back to At-Risk Youth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I understand ­where these inner-city kids are coming from, said Horatio Sanchez. &#8220;There were all of these programs that I didn’t take advantage of as a kid and I want to see others use the resources that are available to them.&#8221; Horatio Sanchez is a mentor working with youth on probation at Youth and Families [...]]]></description>
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