YES to YOUTH Montgomery County Youth Services
Penny Wilson has a comprehensive work experience history. Penny began their career in 2007 as a Community Resource Coordinator at Montgomery County United Way. Penny then joined Montgomery County Hospital District, where they held various roles, including Health Care Assistance Program Coordinator and Director of Health Care Services. In 2015, they moved to Crisis Assistance Center as the Director of Operations and Programs. Since 2016, Penny has been associated with YES to YOUTH Montgomery County Youth Services, starting as Chief Operating Officer and later taking on the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer. Currently, they serve as the Compliance Officer at YES to YOUTH.
Penny Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 2006. Penny then went on to complete a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree with a focus on Public Administration - Human Services and Healthcare Administration at Sam Houston State University from 2007 to 2011.
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YES to YOUTH Montgomery County Youth Services
Our Mission: YES to YOUTH – Montgomery County Youth Services provides crisis counseling, shelter programs, and prevention services to strengthen families, keep youth in school, and prepare them to be productive citizens. With your help, YES to YOUTH – Montgomery County Youth Services provides: • Individual Youth and Family Mental Health Counseling, and Grief Counseling at our offices and local schools • Group Counseling and Skills Development in both public and private schools • BridgeWay Emergency Youth Shelter, housing up to 15 homeless youth in need (ages 10-17) – some victims of abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking or living on the streets. • Healthy Supports, a program for pregnant and parenting teens. Offering resources, education, employment, family management and parenting skills • Decisions Parenting & Youth Skills Groups Program • Suicide Prevention Presentations, for groups in schools • Camp Watsitumi, a therapeutic summer camp • Street Outreach, responding to crisis calls from youth, the community, and families in crisis • We offer a 24-hour, 7 days a week on-call response to the Crisis Runaway Hotline: (888) 756-8682 Established in 1979 by a group of community leaders with a vision to create new opportunities for at-risk youth, YES to YOUTH – Montgomery County Youth Services (MCYS) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to committing time and effort to help youth and their families expand their existing strengths and build new hopes that will encourage future opportunities to enhance their lives.