BCS YES! is a human services agency licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide emergency shelter and long-term residential care to adjudicated at-risk youth eleven to eighteen years of age.  The Agency qualifies under the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-sectarian organization governed by a voluntary Board of Directors, which meets bi-annually.    

BCS YES! operates two (2) emergency shelters and five (5) group homes in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties with a total capacity of 87 beds. The network of facilities include two group homes for boys, three group homes for girls, one shelter for girls, and one shelter for boys.

In FY 2007, BCS YES! provided a home for a total of 505 youths – 158 in group homes and 347 in emergency shelters. The resident to staff ratio at each facility is 8:1.  BCS YES! facilities are open, non-secured home-like environments.

BCS YES! is an equal opportunity employer and employs a workforce of approximately 120 full-time individuals, headed by a full-time Executive Director.

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Every day hundreds of youth in our region are thrust into harm’s way by events beyond their control. Homelessness can strike a young person through parental neglect, addiction, incarceration, family breakup, or other more extreme circumstances. These young people are not only innocent victims, but are at-risk of inheriting a lifetime of dysfunction and poverty, inadequate education, lack of employable skills, or delinquent, criminal behavior. 

For 128 consecutive years, our mission has focused on vulnerable helpless youngsters. By providing high-quality residential care through group homes and emergency shelters, homeless at-risk youth receive the guidance and support every child requires, and are empowered through an array of enriching programs that promote healthy lifestyles, responsibility, and service to our communities

BCS YES! high school seniors make the grade!
Class of 2007 Graduates