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
Damien's Story of Success
Damien arrived at Youth Homes under immense personal stress and with difficulties that most adults would find overwhelming. His gregarious, generous, and kind-hearted nature was evident from the beginning, but it was shielded by the difficult circumstances in which he was placed. Damien had been recently diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes and was still learning how to live with its challenges when his mother was paralyzed in an accident. Damien’s mood swings from the disease were compounded by the painful cloud of his mother, and primary caregiver, being suddenly swept away; hurt and too far away to visit. Damien found a safe and structured place to stay with Youth Homes as he and his mother began the healing process and, over time, were reunited under the same roof.
