Associated Youth Services

Associated Youth Services (AYS) of Kansas City, Kansas is an organization devoted to serving youth and families. We provide programs that include foster care, juvenile justice foster care (JJFC), adolescent drug and alcohol prevention and treatment (ADAPT), community mental health education and treatment, and Home Ties - a youth residential center for adolescent boys in Kansas City. These programs operate in conjunction with those of our parent ministry, Saint Francis Community Services based in Salina, KS.

Learn more about the services we offer to youth and families.

We have offices in Kansas City, KS and Garden City, KS. Contact us today with any of your questions or concerns.

Have a question or concern? Our Customer Care representative can help you find answers and a satisfactory resolution to most issues.

Saint Francis Community Services: Dedicated to being an instrument of healing for children, youth, and families in spirit, mind, and body.

We work to help the youth of Kansas City. Our programs are fueled by our dedicated staff, caring volunteers and generous donors like you. Successes are measured by the number of children and families we can help with the quality of programs and services we provide.

Associated Youth Services (AYS) strives to provide the best care and service to every child and family we serve. Sometimes, though, concerns and questions arise that need to be addressed. We are committed to working with you to find a solution. Our Customer Care representative can answer your questions and help find a positive resolution to most issues - while remaining neutral and objective.

We review concerns from children, birth parents, foster parents, court officials, mental health providers, CASA, schools, and placement providers.

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Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Accepts clients on opioid medication

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

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Language Services

• Spanish

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Adolescents
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Transitional age young adults

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Ancillary Services

• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

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