Mission
Our mission is to build and strengthen relationships that inspire excellence within our youth, their families, and within ourselves as caregivers and professionals. Alliance Youth Services (AYS) provides comprehensive mental health services in residential settings specifically designed to treat and reduce the risk factors faced by adolescent males living in moderate to high-risk group home facilities. We are deeply committed to identifying and addressing the priority risk factors that impact these youth, working collaboratively in close alliance with the Division of Juvenile Justice Services (DJJS), Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), and other community partners. Our approach centers on fostering personal growth and promoting family unity by identifying and enhancing each youth’s unique protective factors. Through these efforts, AYS strives to empower youth to build resilience, develop positive coping skills, and create a foundation for long-term success.
vision
A company’s vision represents its ambitious “we’re going to change the world” ideals that keep everyone focused on the bigger picture. It’s about the future we want to create and the specific people we want to impact in a profound way. This vision is not a distant or unrealistic dream, but a true, deeply engrained desire shared by all—to make the world a better place through collective effort, partnership, and collaboration.
At Alliance Youth Services (AYS), our vision is to foster a world built on respect—respect for self, respect for others, and respect for our surroundings—while striving to become a global leader in our field. Equally important is our commitment to improving communities, one step at a time, starting right here in Utah and in the homes of the youth and families we serve. This vision is shared across our entire community—staff, families, youth, and partners alike—and is grounded in evidence-based, clinically sound treatment strategies and interventions that support recovery and risk reduction. Central to this vision is our treatment-team approach to healing, where professionals, families, and youth collaborate as equal partners throughout the healing journey. Through collaborative decision-making and shared responsibility, we create a supportive environment that empowers lasting positive change. Together, we are not just imagining change—we’re going to change the world.
our goal
The AYS goal is to ensure that the youth and his family have the greatest potential for safe and secure future with fewer risks associated with their treatment goals, following the treatment of the juvenile in the group home, along with reunification and permanency with his family through services in the home. The aim is to provide competent and comprehensive mental health treatment services that reduce risk in the youth and create the opportunity to experience a safe and secure environment for healing. The long-term and short term objectives at AYS are to:
- Provide consistent, evidence-based and comprehensive treatment services at the appropriate level of intensity.
- Provide treatment to an under-served area.
- Provide treatment related to adolescent issues and prevent future crimes through the development of productive skills.
- Encourage family unity and personal growth through community education and mental health services.
- Be a recognized name and symbol of the community and the values they represent.
our values
Values are the underlying moral guideposts that shape our decisions, actions, and the mission and vision of our company. We all have values – some are clearly defined, while others may not be as obvious. We believe that articulating our values establishes general expectations of behavior, and helps guide the many, often difficult decisions we make as an organization.
Some of the values at AYS include the following:
- Honesty Respect Ethical Responsibility
- Accountability Fairness Hard Work/Smart Work
- Gratitude Trust & Loyalty Healthy Relationships
- Appreciation Risk Reduction Healthy Living
- Provide consistent, evidence-based and comprehensive treatment services at the appropriate level of intensity.
- Provide treatment to an under-served area.
- Provide treatment related to adolescent issues and prevent future crimes through the development of productive skills.
- Encourage family unity and personal growth through community education and mental health services.
- Be a recognized name and symbol of the community and the values they represent.
our beliefs
- Youth can change and grow if taught the correct skills in a healthy environment.
- Adjudicated youth have worth and just need to be given the opportunity to learn based on their learning style.
- Victimization of self and others is a heinous, devastating crime.
- Troubled youth are treatable when they are given appropriate interventions related to skill building focused on individual risk factors.
- An individual who commits a crime is in need of treatment to change his thinking AND behavior patterns to reduce risk.
- Youth are 100% accountable for their choices and actions, and progress best when treated with interventions that maintain respect and dignity.
- Success of therapy is dramatically increased when the family and community is involved.
