Short Term Boys Program

Teen Rescue's short term program is called "Focus". In this program you enroll your son for one month at a time until needed.

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Long Term Boys Program

Teen Rescue's long term program is an 18 month program geared to help teen boys who are in need of help.

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Other Programs

Teen Rescue offers family counseling services as well as a school for troubled teen girls.

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Why the Julian Youth Academy

JYA’s Boys Program is based on our successful girls program. One of the reasons for our success at JYA’s girl program is the high level of staff involvement.

As with the JYA girls program, the staff members at the JYA Boys Program do not work with the students for an eight hour shift and then go home. Rather, the staff members live with the students, tutor them, participate in PE with them, eat with them, and take part in all the other student activities.

This constant interaction between the staff members and the students allows the staff members to develop a deep relationship with the students much more quickly. These close relationships allow trust to be built very quickly between the boys and the staff. This puts the staff in a position to effectively show the boys the ways in which they need to change.

Another big difference at JYA is our insistence on maintaining a Christian foundation without forcing Christianity on our students. The decision to become a Christian or rededicate their lives to God is completely up to the students. The level system that JYA employs in rewarding the students is not affected by the student's willingness or lack of willingness to have a relationship with God in their lives.
At JYA, parental involvement is another unique and crucial aspect that parents may not find in other programs. Parents are required to attend parent training and support meetings once a month (if they live within a 50 mile radius of Chino). They are also required to attend a parent support group each time they visit their child at the JYA campus; and one weekend seminar a year, which last two-and-a-half days.

This type of parental involvement sets up the child for success because the parents know how to set appropriate boundaries and properly communicate with the child when he has completed the program. In addition to this, the parents' investment in the program encourages their son to be invested in the program as well. The more involved the parents are, the higher the chances are for the child's success.

We also teach the students to make the right choices on their own rather than teaching them to rely on pressure from authority. We want to teach the child to take ownership of his decisions. This encourages a healthy and independent mentality that will stay with the student after he has completed his time at JYA rather than enabling a dependency on others.