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1974
- Youth In Need is incorporated as a nonprofit organization.
- The Jaycees renovate and donate Youth In Need’s first Emergency Shelter on Benton Street in St. Charles, Mo.
- Sue Schneider joins Youth In Need as the agency’s first Executive Director and only employee.
1978
- Youth In Need’s Emergency Shelter moves to 529 Jefferson Street.
1982
- Youth In Need adds educational component in the basement of the Emergency Shelter; the program later is named ExCEL.
1984
- Youth In Need opens Cornerstone Group Home.
1986
- Liza Andrew-Miller becomes the agency’s second Executive Director.
1987
- Youth In Need holds its first Celebration of Youth dinner and auction, raising $35,000.
1988
- Jim Braun joins Youth In Need as the agency’s third Executive Director.
1989
- Youth In Need expands its counseling programs.
1990
- Youth In Need adds a counseling office at 516 Jefferson. The building later is named the Burkemper Family Counseling Center.
1992
- Youth In Need begins its Transitional Living Program.
1993
- Youth In Need assists in flood relief efforts.
- The agency begins its homeless Street Outreach services.
1994
- Youth In Need celebrates its 20th anniversary.
- The agency employs 45 staff an has an operating budget of $1.7 million.
1995
- Youth In Need expands its counseling services.
1996
- Youth In Need establishes Youth Works program for high school droupouts.
- Youth In Need begins its first after-school mentoring programs in St. Louis City.
1997
- Youth In Need’s Emergency Shelter is completely renovated after a devastating electrical fire.
1998
- Youth In Need receives Head Start and Early Head Start federal grants for St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties.
1999
- Youth In Need celebrates its 25th anniversary.
- The agency employs 164 staff and has a $6.2 million operating budget.
2001
- Youth In Need begins Head Start services in St. Louis City.
2004
- Youth In Need YIN becomes a major provider of before- and after-school programming for the St. Louis City Public Schools.
- Youth In Need’s 17th annual Celebration of Youth raises more than $125,000.
- It’s also the agency’s 30th anniversary
- Youth In Need employs 350 employees and has an operating budget of $11 million.
2005
- Youth In Need moves into its new central office in St. Charles. It’s the first time the agency has a headquarters.
- The agency adds a foster care case management program to its portfolio of services.
2006
- National Safe Place in Kentucky selects Youth In Need to be a regional provider of Project Safe Place.
2007
- The Ladue News names Youth In Need as a Charity of the Year.
- For the first time in the agency's history, Youth In Need raises more than $1 million in support of the Annual Fund.
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