TYFS wants to keep your family together, not pull you apart.

We work directly with families and our many community partners to provide the right kind and amount of mental and behavioral care and resources needed to keep children moving forward toward hope and well-being.

This is what we mean

TYFS wants to keep your family together, not pull you apart.

We work directly with families and our many community partners to provide the right kind and amount of mental and behavioral care and resources needed to keep children moving forward toward hope and well-being.

This is what we mean

What is the Continuum of Care?

Our services operate on a continuum, like a system with moving parts, each piece serving its efficient, vital role. 

We always begin with or return to preventive and community-based care whenever possible. At Teton Youth & Family Services, we know how important it is to learn and recover together as a family and how much stronger the pieces are if we mend them as a loving unit.

What is the Continuum of Care?

Our services operate on a continuum, like a system with moving parts, each piece serving its efficient, vital role. 

We always begin with or return to preventive and community-based care whenever possible. At Teton Youth & Family Services, we know how important it is to learn and recover together as a family and how much stronger the pieces are if we mend them as a loving unit.

Teton County Community Based Services

The Hirschfield Center offers a full spectrum of preventive services so that children can receive the support they need with their families. From child abuse or neglect to forensic interviews and court diversion programming, these integral resources strive to resolve conflicts from within the home environment.

TYFS Community Based Youth Therapy

Our continuum's next level of care – Van Vleck House, a residential program – still operates as preventive and community-based healing. The child receives care immediately, is close to their home environment and schools, and is kept within the community and connected with their family and friends. 80% of youth who receive treatment and support through the TYFS residential programs find the help they need and will not require higher levels of care.

TYFS Residential Treatment Facility

The highest level of treatment is through our institutionalized services at Red Top Meadows Residential Treatment Center, where male youth receive support away from their home and community through our Residential and Wilderness Therapy services. Boys may spend up to a year in supervised care with the licensed and qualified Red Top counselors and staff, creating a new path to return to their homes.

Our Residential Treatment Center is the final stage on our continuum before youth are required to seek a higher level of care beyond TYFS in hardware secure facilities, where they remain until their institutionalization is determined no longer medically needed or the courts order a release. These secured detention centers require much more substantial resources and support a significantly smaller population. Finding ways to prevent this extreme level of care, like TYFS’s crucial services and centers, saves the state money that could be strategically re-invested into the system. It also means that youth who have experienced a childhood of hardship can receive the proper, trauma-informed help they need.

Each stage, the parts that make up Teton Youth & Family Services, work together to create a fluid system where a child can discover a new path to wellness and hope. Our goal is to keep them moving toward their dreams and give them the space and resources to mend anything. There will always be challenges, but our youth can achieve their brightest futures with the proper support.

Each stage, the parts that make up Teton Youth & Family Services, work together to create a fluid system where a child can discover a new path to wellness and hope. Our goal is to keep them moving toward their dreams and give them the space and resources to mend anything. There will always be challenges, but our youth can achieve their brightest futures with the proper support.

TYFS makes a difference for families...

Bevan shares his story.

Bevan had always been interested in art and music, but found himself getting into trouble in and outside of school. He was court-ordered to either attend Red Top Meadows or go to jail. Bevan chose residential treatment with TYFS, and remained at Red Top Meadows for 15 months. Through his counselors' help and his experiences there, Bevan was able to better understand and manage his anxiety, and learn to channel his energy and art through more constructive outlets.

TYFS makes a difference for families...

Bevan shares his story.

Bevan had always been interested in art and music, but found himself getting into trouble in and outside of school. He was court-ordered to either attend Red Top Meadows or go to jail. Bevan chose residential treatment with TYFS, and remained at Red Top Meadows for 15 months. Through his counselors' help and his experiences there, Bevan was able to better understand and manage his anxiety, and learn to channel his energy and art through more constructive outlets.

News + Insights

February 10, 2025

Employment: Administrative Assistant 

Join Teton Youth and Family Services in making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families. Your dedication to compliance and ethical standards will be crucial in advancing our mission to strengthen families and support youth in crisis. 

The administrative assistant will work at Red Top Meadows and the Hirschfield Center for Children.

News +
Insights

February 10, 2025

Employment: Administrative Assistant 

Join Teton Youth and Family Services in making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families. Your dedication to compliance and ethical standards will be crucial in advancing our mission to strengthen families and support youth in crisis. 

The administrative assistant will work at Red Top Meadows and the Hirschfield Center for Children.