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Youth Service Inc.
Who We Help
Who We Help
YSI provides immediate shelter and support services to Philadelphia’s children, youth and families.Our Programs
Our Programs
Youth Emergency Service, Crisis Nurseries, Family Based Services & Parenting Education, and more.News & Events
News & Events
Stay up to date on the latest blog posts and news on programs and events at YSI.
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YSI News & Events
Comcast Cares Day at YSI
Comcast Cares Day at YSI On April 21st Youth Service, Inc. welcomed volunteers back for the 16th Annual Comcast Cares Day. More than 100,000 Comcast NBCUniversal employees participated in projects across the nation. Comcast Cares [...]
Safe Place Ribbon cutting at the YMCA
Columbia North YMCA's Executive Director, Claine Crew with Youth Emergency Services Director, Tim Massaquoi As a partner agency with National Safe Place, Youth Emergency Service held a ribbon cutting at one of the newest additions [...]
We bid a fond farewell to Rhonda…
On more than one occasion, Rhonda Johnson, Supervisor of the Sally Watson Crisis Nursery Program, had to let parents know that she was not Sally Watson. She quickly grew to laugh along with the parents [...]
Plant a Seed, Water a Seed, and Hope it Grows – Bernice Andrews
Plant a Seed, Water a Seed, and Hope it Grows In nearly 38 years at Youth Service, Inc., Bernice Andrews has never seen her job as a regular 9:00 to 5:00. As funding sources [...]