Youth and Family Alternatives

Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc., (YFA) is a private, community-​based, not-​for-​profit organization committed to working in a collaborative partnership with families and communities to establish and maintain a nurturing environment for children. Our Vision is to be a caring, innovative, solution-​oriented child and family service organization offering leadership, expertise, and specialized services to meet the needs of Florida communities. Incorporated in 1970, YFA is part of the Child Welfare Community Based Care provider network in eleven counties throughout Central Florida. YFA provides comprehensive child welfare case management services to children and their families who are in need of child abuse and neglect prevention services or child protection and permanency services. YFA also operates three runaway and youth crisis shelters that provide a Safe Place for youth ages 10 – 17 who are runaways or in crisis. Some have been abused or neglected and some have been victimized by those they should have trusted. More information is available at YFA’s website