Provide warm, caring and secure residences in which children live in a family environment. Over 50 years ago, sheriffs of Georgia founded the Georgia Sheriffs' Youth Homes, a residential care program, to help children who have been abandoned, neglected and abused. When children come to Youth Homes, they are placed in a family setting and are provided not just the basics of food, shelter, and clothing, but a safe, loving, nurturing environment in which to rebuild their lives and to prepare for a brighter future. Some come as sibling groups and others as individuals. All are given the opportunity to grow, to heal and to thrive