Utah Youth Village

What Utah Youth Village does

Utah Youth Village is a non-profit charitable organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 1969 to provide residential treatment services to children and adolescents who are wards of the state. The organization operates as a 501(c)(3)-style entity (consistent with its non_profit classification) serving the Utah child welfare system, delivering therapeutic residential placements for at-risk youth placed through state custody. With a workforce of 251-500 employees, it functions as a mid-sized social services provider operating multiple residential treatment facilities, case management, and clinical support programs for state-referred minors.

The organization's business model is built on government contracting and referral revenue from Utah's Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), supplemented by charitable donations, grants, and — where applicable — Medicaid reimbursements for clinical services. As a non-profit, Utah Youth Village does not generate profit for distribution; instead, surplus revenue is reinvested into program capacity, facilities, and staff. Its go-to-market is essentially a single-channel government relationship: youth are placed by the state, and the organization is reimbursed through per-diem or contracted rates. The 55-year operational history indicates a stable, long-tenured incumbent in Utah's residential treatment market.

The source material is notably thin on operational specifics — technology infrastructure, productized service lines, leadership team, partnerships, and financial disclosures are all absent from the available data. The organization's website (youthvillage.org) failed to return substantive content during data collection, returning only a verification/loading page. As a result, deeper analysis of program mix, facility count, technology adoption, and financial scale is constrained by the data gap rather than reflecting an absence of organizational substance.

Name

Utah Youth Village

Legal name

Utah Youth Village

Website

https://youthvillage.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Utah Youth Village is a non-profit founded in 1969 in Salt Lake City that provides residential treatment to children and youth who are wards of the state, operating with 251-500 staff under government contracting and charitable funding models.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Youth Treatment Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Residential youth treatment
• Foster care services
• At-risk youth support
• Child welfare services
• Nonprofit youth care

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Utah Youth Village is a non-profit charity that provides residential treatment services to children and youth who are wards of the state of Utah. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, the organization operates group-home style residential programs offering therapeutic care, supervision, and supportive services to vulnerable young people placed in its custody.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Treatment Program for State Wards Round-the-clock residential care program serving children and youth who are wards of the Utah state foster care system, providing therapeutic supervision, shelter, and supportive services in a group-home setting.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Three Springs: Provider of residential treatment and therapeutic group home services for adolescents, primarily through state and county contracts. Operates a near-identical service model to Utah Youth Village.
• Rite of Passage: National operator of residential treatment programs, including juvenile justice and at-risk youth placements funded primarily through state agency contracts. Closely matches Utah Youth Village's state-ward residential treatment model.
• Youth Villages: Nonprofit founded in the early 1970s that provides residential and in-home behavioral health treatment for at-risk children and youth, including state wards. Near-exact mission and operating model to Utah Youth Village, making it the single most comparable peer.
• Methodist Home for Children: Faith-rooted nonprofit offering residential treatment, foster care, and behavioral health services for children in state custody. Closely comparable service mix and target population to Utah Youth Village, though regionally concentrated rather than Utah-based.
• KVC Health Systems: Nonprofit child welfare and behavioral health organization providing foster care, in-home family services, and residential treatment for children in state custody across multiple states. Comparable mission and payer mix to Utah Youth Village.
• Sequel Youth and Family Services: Multi-state provider of residential treatment, therapeutic group homes, and behavioral health services for state-referred youth. Directly comparable to Utah Youth Village in service line, payer mix, and target population.

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large, long-established nonprofit provider of behavioral health, autism, and intellectual/developmental disability services for children and adolescents, including residential programs. Operates broadly across the US with a much wider service portfolio than Utah Youth Village but overlaps in youth residential treatment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/utyouthvillage

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