Who We Are
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
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.
For almost a half-century, Youth Development, Inc. 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.
New Mexico is last in the nation for child hunger- Feeding America reports that 1 in 3 children go to bed hungry. YDI is on the front lines of this issue, having provided over 500,000 free meals each year to the people we serve throughout New Mexico.
New Mexico has the worst graduation rate in the country. YDI fights to change this by having students graduate with their high school equivalency diplomas. Over 1000 diplomas have been earned by YDI students since 2004.
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