Frequently Asked Questions

Young Life is a non-profit Christian Outreach Organization that seeks to share Jesus Christ with students and help them grow in their faith. YoungLives is a branch of Young Life that specifically serves expectant and parenting teens.
YoungLives leaders go to young parents, build bridges of authentic friendship, and introduce them to Jesus Christ.

There are many ways to get involved with YoungLives, whether you are a caring adult in the community, a church, a teacher, a parent, a teenager wanting to serve in your community. Various roles include:
YoungLives Mentor/Leader: a YoungLives mentor is someone who walks alongside a teen parent, doing life together throughout the year
Area Volunteer: a caring adult that helps to coordinate meals for YoungLives events, rides for teen parents, Childcare at YoungLives events, and other crucial things that go into running YoungLives programming.
Childcare Camp Volunteer: anyone 14+ who can volunteer their time to go serve at YoungLives camp by caring for campers’ children while they experience aspects of Young Life camp.
To get involved:
Contact your local area coordinator. Click here to find that information.
Click here for more information about serving at camp: goyounglives.younglife.org

We welcome male volunteers in almost all of the above roles, primarily as Area Volunteers and Childcare Camp Volunteers. We aim to pair each teen mothers with a female mentor. However, we have many areas that are serving teen fathers which provide an opportunity for male mentorship.

Young Life is a world-class organization for adolescents. Our staff and volunteers enter the world of kids, focusing on what matters to them — fun, adventure, friendship, and a sense of significance. In doing so, we earn the privilege of talking to them about something that we believe matters most of all — the truth about God and His love for them.

YoungLives Mentors are welcoming teen parents into relationship every day all over the world! Our target age range is 14-18, but we serve teen parents who are 12-13 years old, as well as 19-20 year olds. As with Young Life, we invite teen parents to Club, Campaigners and Camp throughout the year. (do we hyperlink to what is club/campaigners/camp page). Participants are also provided opportunities to grow in life and leadership. Many become volunteers or are joining staff and helping to shape the organization to reach this generation.

YoungLives values Collaboration with followers of Christ from various traditions and local churches worldwide. YoungLives desires teenagers and their families to have a lifelong faith community through their local church. Every day we see churches providing support with Mentors, Childcare, Meals and financial support for local YoungLives groups.. To learn more about how Young Life partners with local churches, click here.

YoungLives is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies solely on local donors, grants, funds, foundations, and more. YoungLives around the world would not happen without generous people like you! To find out how you could partner financially with your local area, click here.

Yes! Local areas are always welcoming donations to support and provide resources to the teen parents they serve and reach. In addition, each summer, camp properties around the country create Amazon Gift Lists.

"YoungLives collaborates with professionals in a variety of fields to care for the physical and emotional needs of teen parents. This varies state by state. Please contact your [divisional coordinator- who should this be?] for more information related to your community."