Valley Youth House’s LVSTAR (Lehigh Valley Staff and Teens Against Racism) hosted the 3rd Annual George Floyd Memorial Walk at the Rose Garden Pavilions in Allentown. We were joined by guest speaker, VYH Board of Governors member, Dr. Christopher Hunt, Vice President and Dean for Equity and Inclusion at Moravian College, and shared 8 minutes […]

In 2015, a heartbreaking event unfolded when the child of a client in Valley Youth House’s Supportive Housing Program tragically passed away. Unfortunately, clients and their families are sometimes faced with a variety of complex and difficult life situations which can heartbreakingly lead to their loss. Kelly Bowen, Intake & Quality Coordinator at VYH, was […]

Valley Youth House is proud to share the latest episode of Aging Out Institute’s podcast, Preparing Foster Youth for Adulting, featuring our very own Lauren Vazquez, Supervisor of Adolescents Achieving Independence (AAI). In this episode, Lauren discusses our AAI program and how we work to assist youth aging out of foster care to prepare for their […]

Valley Youth House is excited to announce that two of our Project Silk staff members, Chloe Cole-Wilson and Kenny Screven, were highlighted in Good Morning America’s GMA Inspiration List: Who’s Making LGBTQ+ History Right Now! Kenny nominated Chloe for her passion, dedication, and advocacy in her everyday work to empower and support the LGBTQ+ youth […]

Valley Youth House is pleased to announce the following staff promotions and new responsibilities taken on by several of our colleagues: Krista Brown-Ly has been hired as Valley Youth House’s new Vice President for the Central and Western Regions of Pennsylvania. Krista most recently served as the Executive Director of the Family Promise Program of Carbon County, […]

Congratulations to our Executive Director & President, Thomas R. Harrington, on being named a Lehigh Valley Business 2020 Game Changers Honoree in the Most Admired Nonprofit CEO category!  LVB Game Changers recognizes and honors extraordinary business leaders and businesses that make a positive impact on the Greater Lehigh Valley. The honorees consistently demonstrate strong leadership, […]

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Valley Youth House has declared June 19, 2020 to be a day off with pay for Valley Youth House employees in celebration and recognition of Juneteenth. “We recognize that the racial trauma that our country is experiencing now is not new, but throughout recent weeks there has […]

From the Desk of Thomas R. Harrington, President & CEO, Valley Youth House:   At Valley Youth House, we are concerned, saddened and angered by the racial violence taking place across the United States. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are just a few of many race-based injustices that have happened […]

When Jessica Rodriguez-Colon, Case Manager in Valley Youth House’s Truancy Intervention Services program, pulled up to the home of one of the families that she works with, she saw little sets of eyes peeking out the front window, followed by shouts of “Miss Jessica is here!”  Jessica has been making School Care Packages for each […]

  Valley Youth House was pleased to welcome edgy, educational, motivational speaker, and author, Risha Grant, at VYH Staff Appreciation Day 2019.  Risha Grant is an internationally renowned diversity, inclusion and bias expert. She covers these topics as NBC KJRH TV News 2 for You community correspondent and host of the JustUs series, through her […]