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1953 - Founded as New Life Boys Ranch by the late Mr. Walter Haman
Sr., a member of the US Secret Service, assigned as a Presidential Bodyguard
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1979
- Name changed to New Life Youth & Family Services to
identify the broadening outreach to boys, girls, and their families
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1981
- Foster Care services began, including Family Special
treatment
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1984
- Built J. Curtis Weigner Building for Occupational Skills
Therapy offering vocational training in five occupational areas
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1986
- Constructed an athletic complex that includes soccer and
baseball fields
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1989
- EAGLE House, independent living for 16-18 year-old boys
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1993
- West Chester Day Treatment facility began providing
alternative educational services for male/female adolescence
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1996 - ForeFront Program in the West Chester area began serving
children in their own home
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1999 - EAGLE PROGRAM (Extended Alternative Group Living
Environment/Independent Living. This program prepares young men for
independent living
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1999
- Visitation Program in Chester County began, family visits
organized for children who are placed in out-of-home care
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2001 - Educational services for Pyramid clients, a coed
residential Drug & Alcohol Rehab facility for adolescence located in Quakertown, PA
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2002 - Truancy Prevention Program, provids counseling services to children who have been identified by their school districts as having attendance difficulties
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2005 - Residential Program begins to provide mental health services through Medical Assistance funding
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2008 - Family Group Decision Making started
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2009 - Girls' Residential Program started
