Youth & Family Services - Green Chimneys

Back to School: A Parent’s Perspective

September 21, 2020

Community-Based Services for Positive Youth Development

Green Chimneys provides comprehensive community-based services for at-risk, runaway, homeless, street and foster care youth, as well as seriously emotionally disturbed, behaviorally disordered, and typically developing youth and their families across Putnam County and surrounding areas.

From fun and constructive activity programs at the Community Outreach Center to Arbor House youth shelter to connecting families with necessary resources for their children, Green Chimneys offers a wide range of support services for all ages up 21 years old. The goal of Green Chimneys’ community-based programs is to reunite families, encourage conflict resolution and help strengthen family communication and optimal functioning through comprehensive prevention and intervention services.

Services are available throughout the year with special programming offered during summer months and school vacations.

All services are free and confidential. Bilingual staff available.

Russian Tortoise

There’s a reason this Russian Tortoise looks so iconic; it’s one of the most popular breeds sold in pet stores. This gentleman arrived at the Green Chimneys Wildlife Center as a rescue and secured a regular role in the classroom, helping students study the differences between tortoises and turtles; tortoises dwell on land, while turtles live in the water some or nearly all of the time. He has a reputation for being very active and outgoing and on warm, sunny days, the students take him outside to search for dandelion leaves to eat.

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