About the Flathead Youth Home
In the heart of Kalispell, the Flathead Youth Home is a place of safety, stability, and second chances.
As a satellite program of Youth Homes, we provide both short-term shelter and long-term group care for youth ages 10 to 18 who have faced significant challenges in their young lives. Ours is an eight-bed home designed to meet kids in crisis and walk alongside them toward healing.
Our short-term shelter offers immediate safety and crisis intervention. When a young person has nowhere safe to go, we are here. We work to stabilize each youth, surround them with consistent care, and help identify the next safe and supportive step in their journey.
For those who need a deeper level of support, our long-term group care program provides structured behavioral health services for emotionally disturbed youth who cannot safely remain in their own homes or substitute families. In this setting, young people find steady routines, therapeutic care, and adults who are trained, compassionate, and committed.
The youth who come through our doors often carry heavy stories. At the Flathead Youth Home, they find something different: safety, understanding, and the opportunity to heal in a home where they are seen, valued, and never alone.
Connect with Us
Program & Placements
Lori Madden
Program Director
lmadden@youthhomesmt.org
Fundraising & Support
Hannah Plumb
Development Coordinator
hplumb@youthhomesmt.org
Address
825 E Oregon St
Kalispell, MT 59901
Ashley's Story of Success
Ashley’s mother could not provide adequate and consistent supervision because of her drug abuse. Ashley has never known her birth father, but he is rumored to be in the mafia. Ashley’s early childhood was marred by sexual abuse at the hands of a foster brother, and she suffered from depression. When the pressures came down on Ashley, she made a serious suicide attempt, so she was placed with Youth Homes. Ashley responded well to the consistency Youth Homes offered, compared to the chaos and abuse she had endured for years. Ashley did well with nurturing, individualized attention, clear directions, explanations of the consequences, and positive reinforcement. She learned to advocate and express herself in a positive manner, as well as accept feedback and redirection. At 15, she is hoping to go to a healthy foster home where she can become a “normal” teenage girl.
