Agency Information

Tahoe Youth & Family Services is a non-profit organization that has been serving youth and families in the South Lake Tahoe community since 1971 and the Douglas County, Nevada area since 2005.   

Our mission is to promote the healthy development of children, youth, and families in our community by providing counseling, education and support services.

Our primary goal is to provide a safety net of services.  We serve families through professional and confidential individual and family counseling, community outreach, mentoring, Project Safe Place, Wraparound services, emergency youth shelter and a 24-hour crisis line. 

Current Services include:

Individual & Family Counseling
Adolescent Recovery Groups
Individual Teen Drug & Alcohol Counseling
Life Skills Group
Juvenile Treatment Center Counseling *
Play Groups*
Play Therapy
Mentoring Program (*Mentoring programs also available in Alpine County, CA)
Street Outreach Program
Teen Drop In/Resource Centers
Project Safe Place
24 Hr. Crisis Line
Thrift Store which employees homeless/couch surfing youth *

* Indicates that this service is only available in the South Lake Tahoe area.