Chehalem Youth and Family Services is grateful to the Doris J Wipper Fund of Oregon Community Foundation for funding sliding scale Supervised Parenting services for local low-income families. For more information [...]

Donate Today! Dear Friends, What evokes a warm feeling for you at Christmas? Is it the cup of hot chocolate on a chilly day? Maybe the Christmas story and [...]

Life was very busy for Anna growing up. Her parents both worked a lot and as the oldest of the children, she carried a lot of responsibility in her [...]

Chris dropped out of school when he was 16 years old and attending high school in Pendleton. He recalls that his life was “alright”, but he got into a [...]

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Donate Today! Dear Friends, Let’s start with an image of a big, deep hole. Where did it come from and how did our YOOP participant end [...]

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Do you ever wonder about the good that comes from your support? Here at the Youth Opportunity Program miracles happen every day! Just this week I was reminded of the [...]

James came to YOOP when he was 17. He had dropped out of high school after some legal trouble left him in debt over $2,000. He understood that he needed [...]

We won’t dwell on how Courtney  grew up. Needless to say, when a teenager finds herself in intensive residential treatment, there has been a lot of trauma and other water [...]