EmberHope Youthville is a nonprofit, faith-based agency providing infrastructure and support to inspire hope in thousands of at-risk youth and families each year. Through our foster care, residential, and counseling programs our employees use trauma-informed practices focusing on the needs of the individual so they can be a catalyst of change. Our agency began in 1927 by the United Methodist Church as an orphanage and has evolved into a 501(c)3 nonprofit, faith-based agency committed to developing innovative programs that inspire change in at-risk youth and families. Throughout the years, EmberHope Youthville has maintained strong ties to United Methodist Churches.