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Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico.

We can help you with early childhood education and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training and placement, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, mentoring, family development, and family counseling services.

Our Mission

YDI’s mission is to partner with families to help them solve life’s problems. We do this with an accepting and culturally competent environment, diverse services, and proven results.

Our Story

For almost half a century, Youth Development. Has been fighting a war against poverty and all its causes and effects. We continually seek to find better ways to partner with families to address life’s challenges by providing an inclusive environment that offers diverse services with proven results, in a State that ranks last in the nation for issues such as hunger, child well-being, and education. YDI is at the forefront in battling every social ill.

Founded in 1971, Youth Development, Inc. (YDI) is a nationally recognized, New Mexico-based organization that provides youth and family services. We assist with early childhood education and childcare, prenatal care, alternative education, job training and placement, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, mentoring, family development, and family counseling services.

Bernalillo County

20 Head Start Preschool Centers

Pregnant Mom Services

Supervised Visitation and Exchange Services

Street Outreach Services for Homeless Youth

Crisis Intervention Services

School-Based Counseling Services

Gang Prevention & Intervention

Youth Job Placement Services

Youth Homeless Shelter

Youth Transitional Living

Child Abuse Prevention Services

Dona Ana County

Youth Job Placement Services

Taos County

3 Head Start Preschool Centers 

Rio Arriba County

6 Head Start Preschool Centers 

Sierra County

Youth Job Placement Services 

El Paso County

Youth Job Placement Services 

Luna County

Youth Job Placement Services 

Socorro County

Youth Job Placement Services 

Valencia County

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Child and Adult Care Food Program

Teen Court 

Child Abuse Prevention Services

Cibola County

Child Abuse Prevention Services

Sandoval County

Residential Transitional Living Services for Young Adults

Torrance County

Child Abuse Prevention Services

Santa Fe County

Child Abuse Prevention Services

Hidalgo County

Youth Job Placement Services 

Grant County

Youth Job Placement Services 

Catron County

Youth Job Placement Services 

New Mexico has the worst graduation rate in the country. YDI fights to change this by having 170 students graduate with their high school equivalency diplomas in 2016- this is in addition to the 940 diplomas earned by YDI students since 2004.

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