Youth Emergency Services (YES) is pleased to announce the hiring of Mary Fraser Meints as their new Executive Director.

YES helps homeless and at-risk youth in the greater Omaha area, through its Outreach Program, Emergency Shelter, Transitional Living Program and Maternity Home.

YES has helped more than 6,000 youth escape a crisis situation since its founding in 1974. YES assisted more than 800 homeless and at-risk young adults in 2010-11 alone. YES is the only Omaha organization focused directly on helping runaway and homeless youth turn their lives around in a positive direction.

A leading advocate for at-risk-children and youth in Nebraska, Meints has served in leadership roles with Uta Halee Girls Village and The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. Meints was a member of the Governor’s Commission on Children in 2003, President of the Nebraska Association of Homes and Services for Children and served on the Douglas Co. Treatment Team.

For more information about Youth Emergency Services, please visit them online at www.yesomaha.org.