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Midwest Center for Youth and Families
Midwest Center for Youth & Families nurses bring compassionate, holistic approach to patient care
At Midwest Center for Youth and Families, nursing is about more than monitoring patient health – it’s about coaching, educating, and building the rapport necessary to contribute to long-term healing. For youths and adolescents with complex...
Mental Health Counselor Jasmine Scott helps Midwest Center residents lead healthier, happier lives
Folk wisdom tells us that we should find a passion and make it a career. For Jasmine Scott, clinical mental health counselor at Midwest Center for Youth and Families, it was a combination of a desire to help people and her own personal experiences...
Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month at Midwest Center for Youth and Families
Mental health can't wait. Break the silence…Ignite change. In America today, approximately one out of every five Americans is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately one in 25 adults is experiencing a serious mental illness that...
Midwest Center for Youth & Families’ Midwest Academy helps students achieve academic success while receiving care
The staff at Midwest Center for Youth & Families have dedicated themselves to helping adolescents and children from across the United States overcome complex mental illness for the past 27 years. This facility, which has locations in Kouts and...
Top 10 Community articles on Valpo.Life in 2024
There have been a wide variety of businesses, organizations, and communities that have been giving back to others and making the Region the best place it can be. Northern Indiana continues to grow and prosper due to the determination and relentless...
Top 10 health articles on Valpo.Life in 2024
If previous years taught us anything, it’s to prioritize our wellbeing and take care of ourselves through difficult times. Each year brings new stressors and challenges, but being able to take a look at your health and make changes that promote...
Meet MCYF’s new Director of Clinical Services!
Valerie Rowe, MS, LMHC, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician. Valerie has been with Midwest Center for 13 years. Valerie started as a behavioral health worker in 2011 with South Shore Academy. She advanced to Program Coordinator...
No waitlist at Midwest Center for Youth and Families!
What does a typical patient look like at Midwest Center? Midwest Center works with suicidal ideations, behavioral or psychiatric challenges that impact the youth's functioning at home, in school, and within the community. Most patients that come to...