THERAPEUTIC YOUTH
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Providing compassionate services to our MN communities
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Rehabilitate
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Mentoring Programs
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Foster Care, crisis, and behavioral providers in MN
Thrive Youth Services LLC is a compassionate, goal-oriented youth development center headquartered in Mounds View, MN. We are a group of foster care providers that is dedicated to developing, building, nurturing, restoring, and renewing the lives of youth, especially those with mental health illnesses and disorders. Our sensitive, caring, and well-trained staff works alongside a network of qualified, experienced, and seasoned professionals toward reaching our goal of integrating young people back into community life. We work side by side with case managers, county social workers, guardians, birth parents, families, therapists, psychiatrists, attorneys, and corrections staff in utilizing a strong team approach to acquiring the best outcome possible from our rehabilitation programs.
Why Choose Our Youth Development Center?
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About Our Youth Development Center Founder
JAMES GREAR, FOUNDER & CEO
James Grear is a second-generation foster parent. Grear's mother, the late Ms. Lauretta Grear, was a foster care provider for many years and was noted as the most dedicated foster mom of her time. When Ms. Grear became ill and was no longer able to provide care, Hennepin County Social Services asked James to become licensed due to attachments developed with the youth previously in his mom's care. Now, with more than 30 years of solid experience as a Treatment Foster Care Provider, James is a proud father of one biological son and eight adopted sons, and he has successfully raised fourteen amazing young men. In 2004, Ebony Magazine named him "Father of the Year", and titled his home "The Miracle Home", with a full-page article spread to support the titles. Grear's success has been stabilizing difficult-to-place youth, of which some had previously disrupted from up to as many as 40 foster homes. This success is primarily due to his ability to create a family environment with structure and to nurture foster children as a single father.
Grear created Thrive Youth Services LLC as the answer to his longtime dream of providing higher-quality services for higher-level-behavioral and at-risk youth.
Grear created Thrive Youth Services LLC as the answer to his longtime dream of providing higher-quality services for higher-level-behavioral and at-risk youth.
Learn More About Our Youth Development Center
If you have any questions about our youth development center and the shelter care services we offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us using the contact details featured on this website. Our support staff is here to assist you with your needs and provide you with additional information about who we are and what we do.