Empowering Children to Know Love, Acceptance and Hope
                 
The Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary (JYS) Mission is to create and provide a safe, nurturing environment where youth live, learn, trust and thrive.  We pursue our mission through quality programming, exceptional services and state of the art projects that address the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of our youth.
 
Click on the links to the left to learn more about our Residential Facilities, Clinical Services, Independent Living Services and the Targeted Case Management Department.
 
 
 Look under the Donations and Fundraising Tab on the
       left for Information regarding how to
help our community's at-risk children